diff --git a/adafruit_requests.py b/adafruit_requests.py
index 61bd5f3..9d361cd 100644
--- a/adafruit_requests.py
+++ b/adafruit_requests.py
@@ -195,8 +195,10 @@ def __init__(self, sock: SocketType, session: Optional["Session"] = None) -> Non
             else:
                 self.socket.close()
             raise RuntimeError("Unable to read HTTP response.")
-        self.status_code = int(bytes(self._readto(b" ")))
-        self.reason = self._readto(b"\r\n")
+        self.status_code: int = int(bytes(self._readto(b" ")))
+        """The status code returned by the server"""
+        self.reason: bytearray = self._readto(b"\r\n")
+        """The status reason returned by the server"""
         self._parse_headers()
         self._raw = None
         self._session = session