diff -r c91ed8dacf38 Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst	Sat Apr 28 11:19:59 2012 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst	Sat Apr 28 21:52:01 2012 +0200
@@ -441,6 +441,14 @@ request.
    Return whether the instance has the named header (checks both regular and
    unredirected).
 
+.. method:: Request.get_header(header_name, default=None)
+
+   Return a value of given header if present otherwise return default value.
+
+.. method:: Request.header_items()
+
+   Return a list of tuples (header name, header value). The list contains both
+   regular and unredirected headers.
 
 .. method:: Request.get_full_url()
 
@@ -1410,4 +1418,3 @@ typical response object is an addinfourl
 method and that returns headers and a ``geturl()`` method that returns the url.
 Functions defined by this module are used internally by the
 :mod:`urllib.request` module.
-