diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5613443..dd1e8cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -270,11 +270,14 @@ Sessions can be configured with a maximum lifetime with the `session.max-lifetim
 There's also an endpoint that returns metadata about the user's session as a JSON object at `GET /oauth2/session`. This
 endpoint will respond with HTTP status codes on errors:
 
-- `401 Unauthorized` - no session cookie or matching session found (e.g. user is not authenticated, or has logged out)
+- `401 Unauthorized` - no session cookie or matching session found
 - `500 Internal Server Error` - the session store is unavailable, or Wonderwall wasn't able to process the request
 
 Otherwise, an `HTTP 200 OK` is returned with the metadata with the `application/json` as the `Content-Type`.
 
+Note that this endpoint will return `HTTP 200 OK` for [_inactive_ sessions](#inactivity). This allows applications to display errors before redirecting the user to login on timeouts.
+This also means that you should not use the HTTP response status codes alone as an indication of whether the user is authenticated or not.
+
 #### Example
 
 Request:
diff --git a/pkg/handler/handler.go b/pkg/handler/handler.go
index cd962d5..65231b3 100644
--- a/pkg/handler/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/handler/handler.go
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func (s *Standalone) Session(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	logger := mw.LogEntryFrom(r)
 
 	sess, err := s.SessionManager.Get(r)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, session.ErrInactive) {
 		handleGetSessionError("session/info", w, r, err)
 		return
 	}