diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java
index e067f77fbaf..9d5b23ce7bb 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	 * @see HttpEntity
 	 * @since 3.0.2
 	 */
-	<T> HttpEntity<T> postForEntity(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType, Map<String, ?> uriVariables)
+	<T> ResponseEntity<T> postForEntity(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType, Map<String, ?> uriVariables)
 			throws RestClientException;
 
 	/**
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java
index b8cd0886875..79094d7f4c2 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ public class RestTemplate extends HttpAccessor implements RestOperations {
 		return execute(url, HttpMethod.POST, requestCallback, responseExtractor, uriVariables);
 	}
 
-	public <T> HttpEntity<T> postForEntity(String url,
+	public <T> ResponseEntity<T> postForEntity(String url,
 										   Object request,
 										   Class<T> responseType,
 										   Map<String, ?> uriVariables)