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-### A second chance for `HEAD` operations
+### A second chance for `HEAD` requests
 
 When a request with a `HEAD` method fails to get a response (a [NotFound][] exception was
 thrown) the dispatcher tries the same request with a `GET` method instead. If a response is
@@ -617,6 +617,15 @@ controller for the `GET` method is good enough.
 
 
 
+### Stripping the body of responses to `HEAD` requests
+
+The dispatcher cares about responses to `HEAD` requests and will strip responses of their body
+before returning them.
+
+
+
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+
 ## Exceptions
 
 The following exceptions are defined by the HTTP package: