diff --git a/nselib/ajp.lua b/nselib/ajp.lua
index 40d21b094..f4db20d61 100644
--- a/nselib/ajp.lua
+++ b/nselib/ajp.lua
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ AJP = {
         pos, sh.status = bin.unpack(">S", data, pos)
         pos, status_msg  = bin.unpack(">P", data, pos)
         pos = pos + 1
-        sh['status-line'] = ("AJP/1.3 %d %s"):format(sh.status, status_msg)
+        sh.status_line = ("AJP/1.3 %d %s"):format(sh.status, status_msg)
 
         pos, hdr_count = bin.unpack(">S", data, pos)
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ Comm = {
   -- @class table
   -- @name ajp.response
   -- @field status status of response (see HTTP status codes)
-  -- @field status-line the complete status line (eg. 200 OK)
+  -- @field status_line the complete status line (eg. 200 OK)
   -- @field body the response body as string
   -- @field headers table of response headers
 
diff --git a/scripts/ajp-auth.nse b/scripts/ajp-auth.nse
index 1735fde7a..a1f7db470 100644
--- a/scripts/ajp-auth.nse
+++ b/scripts/ajp-auth.nse
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ action = function(host, port)
     return
   end
 
-  local result = { name = answer["status-line"]:match("^(.*)\r?\n$") }
+  local result = { name = answer.status_line:match("^(.*)\r?\n$") }
 
   local www_authenticate = answer.headers["www-authenticate"]
   if not www_authenticate then
diff --git a/scripts/ajp-request.nse b/scripts/ajp-request.nse
index 862985fe8..ea83973d7 100644
--- a/scripts/ajp-request.nse
+++ b/scripts/ajp-request.nse
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ action = function(host, port)
   helper:close()
 
   if ( response ) then
-    local output = response['status-line'] .. "\n" ..
+    local output = response.status_line .. "\n" ..
       stdnse.strjoin("\n", response.rawheaders) ..
       (response.body and "\n\n" .. response.body or "")
     if ( arg_file ) then