diff --git a/accessible/base/MarkupMap.h b/accessible/base/MarkupMap.h
index d84aee481bd0..185d81eb1823 100644
--- a/accessible/base/MarkupMap.h
+++ b/accessible/base/MarkupMap.h
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ MARKUPMAP(
     [](Element* aElement, Accessible* aContext) -> Accessible* {
       return new HTMLOutputAccessible(aElement, aContext->Document());
     },
-    roles::SECTION, Attr(live, polite))
+    roles::STATUSBAR, Attr(live, polite))
 
 MARKUPMAP(p, nullptr, roles::PARAGRAPH)
 
diff --git a/accessible/tests/mochitest/elm/test_HTMLSpec.html b/accessible/tests/mochitest/elm/test_HTMLSpec.html
index 954de9db2ee9..edba8674fa97 100644
--- a/accessible/tests/mochitest/elm/test_HTMLSpec.html
+++ b/accessible/tests/mochitest/elm/test_HTMLSpec.html
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
         role: ROLE_PARAGRAPH,
         children: [
           { role: ROLE_WHITESPACE },
-          { role: ROLE_WHITESPACE } 
+          { role: ROLE_WHITESPACE }
         ]
       };
       testElm("br_container", obj);
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@
       // HTML:output
 
       obj = {
-        role: ROLE_SECTION,
+        role: ROLE_STATUSBAR,
         attributes: { "live": "polite" },
         todo_relations: {
           RELATION_CONTROLLED_BY: "output_input",