diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
index 0ff3284e935..44539aee01d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ func (s *Server) getPods(request *restful.Request, response *restful.Response) {
 		response.WriteError(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
 		return
 	}
-	response.Write(data)
+	writeJsonResponse(response, data)
 }
 
 // getRunningPods returns a list of pods running on Kubelet. The list is
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ func (s *Server) getRunningPods(request *restful.Request, response *restful.Resp
 		response.WriteError(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
 		return
 	}
-	response.Write(data)
+	writeJsonResponse(response, data)
 }
 
 // getLogs handles logs requests against the Kubelet.
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ func (s *Server) getRun(request *restful.Request, response *restful.Response) {
 		response.WriteError(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
 		return
 	}
-	response.Write(data)
+	writeJsonResponse(response, data)
 }
 
 // getExec handles requests to run a command inside a container.
@@ -778,6 +778,20 @@ func getPodCoordinates(request *restful.Request) (namespace, pod string, uid typ
 	return
 }
 
+// Derived from go-restful writeJSON.
+func writeJsonResponse(response *restful.Response, data []byte) {
+	if data == nil {
+		response.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		// do not write a nil representation
+		return
+	}
+	response.Header().Set(restful.HEADER_ContentType, restful.MIME_JSON)
+	response.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	if _, err := response.Write(data); err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Error writing response: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // PortForwarder knows how to forward content from a data stream to/from a port
 // in a pod.
 type PortForwarder interface {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
index 2175f3eca37..c253ae29537 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/handler.go
@@ -220,12 +220,8 @@ func (h *handler) handlePodContainer(request *restful.Request, response *restful
 }
 
 func writeResponse(response *restful.Response, stats interface{}) {
-	if stats == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	err := response.WriteAsJson(stats)
-	if err != nil {
-		handleError(response, err)
+	if err := response.WriteAsJson(stats); err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Error writing response: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -236,7 +232,7 @@ func handleError(response *restful.Response, err error) {
 		response.WriteError(http.StatusNotFound, err)
 	default:
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Internal Error: %v", err)
-		glog.Infof("HTTP InternalServerError: %s", msg)
+		glog.Errorf("HTTP InternalServerError: %s", msg)
 		response.WriteErrorString(http.StatusInternalServerError, msg)
 	}
 }