diff --git a/app/models/concerns/zone/whois_queryable.rb b/app/models/concerns/zone/whois_queryable.rb
index fe5da8ffb1..e0e2c41a57 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/zone/whois_queryable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/zone/whois_queryable.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def generate_json
   def domain_vars
     {
       disclaimer: Setting.registry_whois_disclaimer, name: origin,
-      registered: created_at.try(:to_s, :iso8601), status: ['ok (paid and in zone)'],
+      registered: created_at.try(:to_s, :iso8601), status: ['Blocked'],
       changed: updated_at.try(:to_s, :iso8601), email: Setting.registry_email,
       admin_contacts: [contact_vars], tech_contacts: [contact_vars],
       nameservers: nameserver_vars, dnssec_keys: [],
diff --git a/lib/tasks/whois.rake b/lib/tasks/whois.rake
index bbec1f8346..03ba3a5208 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/whois.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/whois.rake
@@ -43,4 +43,9 @@ namespace :whois do
     end
     puts "\n-----> all done in #{(Time.zone.now.to_f - start).round(2)} seconds"
   end
+
+  desc 'Update whois status records for zones'
+  task update_zone_statuses: :environment do
+    DNS::Zone.all.each(&:generate_data)
+  end
 end