diff --git a/docs/api-reference/next.config.js/headers.md b/docs/api-reference/next.config.js/headers.md
index 7ac83a2b52298..8ca39d02580b3 100644
--- a/docs/api-reference/next.config.js/headers.md
+++ b/docs/api-reference/next.config.js/headers.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ description: Add custom HTTP headers to your Next.js app.
 
 </details>
 
-Headers allow you to set custom HTTP headers for an incoming request path.
+Headers allow you to set custom HTTP headers on the response to an incoming request on a given path.
 
 To set custom HTTP headers you can use the `headers` key in `next.config.js`:
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module.exports = {
 `headers` is an async function that expects an array to be returned holding objects with `source` and `headers` properties:
 
 - `source` is the incoming request path pattern.
-- `headers` is an array of header objects with the `key` and `value` properties.
+- `headers` is an array of response header objects, with `key` and `value` properties.
 - `basePath`: `false` or `undefined` - if false the basePath won't be included when matching, can be used for external rewrites only.
 - `locale`: `false` or `undefined` - whether the locale should not be included when matching.
 - `has` is an array of [has objects](#header-cookie-and-query-matching) with the `type`, `key` and `value` properties.