diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa2e2af63..4d0652dbe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ If no values are set, the following request headers will be sent automatically:
 | `Accept`            | `*/*`                                                  |
 | `Connection`        | `close` _(when no `options.agent` is present)_         |
 | `Content-Length`    | _(automatically calculated, if possible)_              |
+| `Host`              | _(host and port information from the target URI)_      |
 | `Transfer-Encoding` | `chunked` _(when `req.body` is a stream)_              |
 | `User-Agent`        | `node-fetch`                                           |