diff --git a/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
index 0949211e2..28bb9d3b4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/articles_controller.rb
@@ -156,11 +156,11 @@ class ArticlesController < ApplicationController
     @user = current_user
     article = Articles::Creator.call(@user, article_params_json)
 
-    render json: if article.persisted?
-                   { id: article.id, current_state_path: article.decorate.current_state_path }.to_json
-                 else
-                   article.errors.to_json
-                 end
+    if article.persisted?
+      render json: { id: article.id, current_state_path: article.decorate.current_state_path }, status: :ok
+    else
+      render json: article.errors.to_json, status: :unprocessable_entity
+    end
   end
 
   def update
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ class ArticlesController < ApplicationController
       end
 
       format.json do
-        render json: if updated.success
-                       @article.to_json(only: [:id], methods: [:current_state_path])
-                     else
-                       @article.errors.to_json
-                     end
+        if updated.success
+          render json: @article.to_json(only: [:id], methods: [:current_state_path]), status: :ok
+        else
+          render json: @article.errors.to_json, status: :unprocessable_entity
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/requests/articles/articles_create_spec.rb b/spec/requests/articles/articles_create_spec.rb
index 6ec4827c9..e040e444f 100644
--- a/spec/requests/articles/articles_create_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/articles/articles_create_spec.rb
@@ -196,4 +196,11 @@ RSpec.describe "ArticlesCreate" do
       expect(a.published_at).to be_within(1.minute).of(published_at)
     end
   end
+
+  context "when validation error" do
+    it "returns 422 status code" do
+      post "/articles", params: { article: { body_markdown: nil } }
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/articles/articles_update_spec.rb b/spec/requests/articles/articles_update_spec.rb
index 4e0919850..3e2428a82 100644
--- a/spec/requests/articles/articles_update_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/articles/articles_update_spec.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ RSpec.describe "ArticlesUpdate" do
     expect(article.reload.title).to eq(new_title)
   end
 
+  it "returns an unprocessable status with invalid params" do
+    put "/articles/#{article.id}", params: {
+      article: { title: "", body_markdown: "Hello World" },
+      format: :json
+    }
+
+    expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
+  end
+
   it "updates article with front matter params" do
     put "/articles/#{article.id}", params: {
       article: {