diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index b78a7f21f0518e..ac9517728b319a 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -917,9 +917,8 @@ added: v0.4.0
 * `name` {String}
 * Returns: {String}
 
-Reads out a header that's already been queued but not sent to the client.  Note
-that the name is case insensitive.  This can only be called before headers get
-implicitly flushed.
+Reads out a header that's already been queued but not sent to the client.
+Note that the name is case insensitive.
 
 Example: