diff --git a/wp-admin/admin.php b/wp-admin/admin.php
index 688cf6cb44..291564b44c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin.php
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ else
 require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-functions.php');
 auth_redirect();
 
-header('Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT');
-header('Last-Modified: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');
-header('Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0');
-header('Pragma: no-cache');
+nocache_headers();
 
 update_category_cache();
 
diff --git a/wp-blog-header.php b/wp-blog-header.php
index 8508003c51..fec37d8d33 100644
--- a/wp-blog-header.php
+++ b/wp-blog-header.php
@@ -107,14 +107,11 @@ for ($i=0; $i<count($wpvarstoreset); $i += 1) {
 }
 
 // Sending HTTP headers
+@header('X-Pingback: '. get_bloginfo('pingback_url'));
 
 if ( !empty($error) && '404' == $error ) {
-	if ( preg_match('/cgi/', php_sapi_name()) )
-		@header('Status: 404 Not Found');
-	else
-		@header('HTTP/1.x 404 Not Found');
+	status_header( 404 );
  } else if ( empty($feed) ) {
-	@header('X-Pingback: '. get_bloginfo('pingback_url'));
 	@header('Content-type: ' . get_option('html_type') . '; charset=' . get_option('blog_charset'));
 } else {
 	// We're showing a feed, so WP is indeed the only thing that last changed
@@ -125,7 +122,6 @@ if ( !empty($error) && '404' == $error ) {
 	$wp_etag = '"' . md5($wp_last_modified) . '"';
 	@header("Last-Modified: $wp_last_modified");
 	@header("ETag: $wp_etag");
-	@header('X-Pingback: ' . get_bloginfo('pingback_url'));
 
 	// Support for Conditional GET
 	if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH'])) $client_etag = stripslashes($_SERVER['HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH']);
@@ -141,17 +137,8 @@ if ( !empty($error) && '404' == $error ) {
 	if ( ($client_last_modified && $client_etag) ?
 		(($client_modified_timestamp >= $wp_modified_timestamp) && ($client_etag == $wp_etag)) :
 		(($client_modified_timestamp >= $wp_modified_timestamp) || ($client_etag == $wp_etag)) ) {
-		if ( preg_match('/cgi/',php_sapi_name()) ) {
-			header('Status: 304 Not Modified');
-			echo "\r\n\r\n";
-			exit;
-		} else {
-			if ( version_compare(phpversion(), '4.3.0', '>=') )
-				header('Not Modified', TRUE, 304);
-			else
-				header('HTTP/1.x 304 Not Modified');
-			exit;
-		}
+		status_header( 304 );
+		exit;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -191,10 +178,9 @@ if ( (0 == count($posts)) && !is_404() && !is_search()
 		&& ( isset($rewrite) || (!empty($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) &&
 		(false === strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '?'))) ) ) {
 	$wp_query->is_404 = true;
-	if ( preg_match('/cgi/', php_sapi_name()) )
-		@header('Status: 404 Not Found');
-	else
-		@header('HTTP/1.x 404 Not Found');
+	status_header( 404 );
+} else {
+	status_header( 200 );
 }
 
 if ($pagenow != 'post.php' && $pagenow != 'edit.php') {
diff --git a/wp-comments-post.php b/wp-comments-post.php
index c7d5a6fd1e..865bb280ee 100644
--- a/wp-comments-post.php
+++ b/wp-comments-post.php
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@ setcookie('comment_author_' . COOKIEHASH, stripslashes($comment_author), time()
 setcookie('comment_author_email_' . COOKIEHASH, stripslashes($comment_author_email), time() + 30000000, COOKIEPATH);
 setcookie('comment_author_url_' . COOKIEHASH, stripslashes($comment_author_url), time() + 30000000, COOKIEPATH);
 
-header('Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT');
-header('Last-Modified: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');
-header('Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0');
-header('Pragma: no-cache');
+nocache_headers();
 
 $location = (empty($_POST['redirect_to'])) ? $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"] : $_POST['redirect_to']; 
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index c35a2795b2..05a0518907 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -1849,4 +1849,36 @@ function wp_remote_fopen( $uri ) {
 	}	
 }
 
+function status_header( $header ) {
+	if ( 200 == $header ) {
+		$text = 'OK';
+	} elseif ( 301 == $header ) {
+		$text = 'Moved Permanently';
+	} elseif ( 302 == $header ) {
+		$text = 'Moved Temporarily';
+	} elseif ( 304 == $header ) {
+		$text = 'Not Modified';
+	} elseif ( 404 == $header ) {
+		$text = 'Not Found';
+	} elseif ( 410 == $header ) {
+		$text = 'Gone';
+	}
+	if ( preg_match('/cgi/',php_sapi_name()) ) {
+		@header("Status: $header $text");
+		echo "\r\n\r\n";
+	} else {
+		if ( version_compare(phpversion(), '4.3.0', '>=') )
+			@header($text, TRUE, $header);
+		else
+			@header("HTTP/1.x $header $text");
+	}
+}
+
+function nocache_headers() {
+	@ header('Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT');
+	@ header('Last-Modified: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');
+	@ header('Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0');
+	@ header('Pragma: no-cache');
+}
+
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wp-includes/pluggable-functions.php b/wp-includes/pluggable-functions.php
index f16bbfe66c..14437c7317 100644
--- a/wp-includes/pluggable-functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/pluggable-functions.php
@@ -106,10 +106,7 @@ function auth_redirect() {
 	if ( (!empty($_COOKIE['wordpressuser_' . COOKIEHASH]) && 
 				!wp_login($_COOKIE['wordpressuser_' . COOKIEHASH], $_COOKIE['wordpresspass_' . COOKIEHASH], true)) ||
 			 (empty($_COOKIE['wordpressuser_' . COOKIEHASH])) ) {
-		header('Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT');
-		header('Last-Modified: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');
-		header('Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0');
-		header('Pragma: no-cache');
+		nocache_headers();
 	
 		header('Location: ' . get_settings('siteurl') . '/wp-login.php?redirect_to=' . urlencode($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));
 		exit();
diff --git a/wp-login.php b/wp-login.php
index 734944fb41..dafa1e8dda 100644
--- a/wp-login.php
+++ b/wp-login.php
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ require( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-config.php' );
 $action = $_REQUEST['action'];
 $error = '';
 
-header('Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT');
-header('Last-Modified: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');
-header('Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate');
-header('Pragma: no-cache');
+nocache_headers();
+
 header('Content-Type: '.get_bloginfo('html_type').'; charset='.get_bloginfo('charset'));
 
 if ( defined('RELOCATE') ) { // Move flag is set
@@ -24,10 +22,7 @@ case 'logout':
 
 	wp_clearcookie();
 	do_action('wp_logout');
-	header('Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT');
-	header('Last-Modified: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');
-	header('Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0');
-	header('Pragma: no-cache');
+	nocache_headers();
 	wp_redirect('wp-login.php');
 	exit();