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diff --git a/lib/net/http/request.rb b/lib/net/http/request.rb
index c5a6c102af..e8b0f48fcc 100644
--- a/lib/net/http/request.rb
+++ b/lib/net/http/request.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
# subclasses: Net::HTTP::Get, Net::HTTP::Post, Net::HTTP::Head.
#
class Net::HTTPRequest < Net::HTTPGenericRequest
- # Creates HTTP request object.
+ # Creates an HTTP request object for +path+.
+ #
+ # +initheader+ are the default headers to use. Net::HTTP adds
+ # Accept-Encoding to enable compression of the response body unless
+ # Accept-Encoding or Range are supplied in +initheader+.
+
def initialize(path, initheader = nil)
super self.class::METHOD,
self.class::REQUEST_HAS_BODY,