diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/FileManagementController.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/FileManagementController.java
index 655a2bf2f..7fba63821 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/FileManagementController.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-impl-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/persistence/service/v1/external/api/impl/controller/FileManagementController.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 import com.iqser.red.service.persistence.management.v1.processor.client.pdftronredactionservice.PDFTronClient;
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ public class FileManagementController implements FileManagementResource {
 
     @Override
     @PreAuthorize("hasAuthority('" + DELETE_FILE + "')")
+    @ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.ACCEPTED)
     public void hardDeleteFiles(String dossierId, @RequestBody List<String> fileIds) {
 
         accessControlService.checkDossierExistenceAndAccessPermissionsToDossier(dossierId);
diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/external/resource/FileManagementResource.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/external/resource/FileManagementResource.java
index 9fc16cbbc..bda793b20 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/external/resource/FileManagementResource.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/service/v1/api/external/resource/FileManagementResource.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public interface FileManagementResource {
     @ResponseStatus(value = HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT)
     @PostMapping(value = HARD_DELETE_PATH + DOSSIER_ID_PATH_VARIABLE)
     @Operation(summary = "Hard deletes a list of files", description = "None")
-    @ApiResponses(value = {@ApiResponse(responseCode = "202", description = "Successfully hard deleted the files."), @ApiResponse(responseCode = "404", description = "Not found")})
+    @ApiResponses(value = {@ApiResponse(responseCode = "202", description = "Asynchronously hard deletes files.")})
     void hardDeleteFiles(@PathVariable(DOSSIER_ID) String dossierId, @RequestBody List<String> files);