Is HTTP 404 appropriate for out of range page number on paged content?

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Published on 2010-03-31T14:03:04Z Indexed on 2010/03/31 14:23 UTC
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I have a site that is mainly showing a paged list of content (articles, data element's, etc.), and I'm wondering about returning HTTP 404 when user navigates outside of the available list range.

Some sites just display "No results/Page number out of range" and some return additionally return HTTP 404 status.

What's your take on that, and why?

UPDATE

It's not and api response. This question is in regard to user viewed pages that among other things show a list/table in the main area.

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