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@@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ of which this module provides three different variants:
a complete set of headers, as the response body. The :attr:`responses`
attribute holds the default values for *message* and *explain* that
will be used if no value is provided; for unknown codes the default value
- for both is the string ``???``.
+ for both is the string ``???``. The body will be empty if the method is
+ HEAD or the response code is one of the following: ``1xx``,
+ ``204 No Content``, ``205 Reset Content``, ``304 Not Modified``.
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
The error response includes a Content-Length header.