diff --git a/docs/guide/troubleshooting.md b/docs/guide/troubleshooting.md
index c7e558f0f08192..80f5e7956726fc 100644
--- a/docs/guide/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/guide/troubleshooting.md
@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ To solve this:
   $ sudo sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288
   ```
 
+### 431 Request Header Fields Too Large
+
+When the server / WebSocket server receives a large HTTP header, the request will be dropped and the following warning will be shown.
+
+> Server responded with status code 431. See https://vitejs.dev/guide/troubleshooting.html#_431-request-header-fields-too-large.
+
+This is because Node.js limits request header size to mitigate CVE-2018-12121.
+
+To avoid this, try to reduce your request header size. For example, if the cookie is long, delete it.
+Or you can use [`--max-http-header-size`](https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#--max-http-header-sizesize) to change max header size.
+
 ## HMR
 
 ### Vite detects a file change but the HMR is not working
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts
index 621c93d196492e..306419274b1c0a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts
@@ -191,18 +191,10 @@ export function setClientErrorHandler(
 ): void {
   server.on('clientError', (err, socket) => {
     if ((err as any).code === 'HPE_HEADER_OVERFLOW') {
-      if (!socket.writableEnded) {
-        socket.end(
-          'HTTP/1.1 431 Request Header Fields Too Large\r\n\r\n' +
-            'Request Header was too large. Node.js limits request header size. ' +
-            'Use https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#--max-http-header-sizesize to change max header size.'
-        )
-      }
       logger.warn(
         colors.yellow(
-          'Server / WS server responded with "431 Request Header Fields Too Large." ' +
-            'Node.js limits request header size and the request was dropped. ' +
-            'Use https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#--max-http-header-sizesize to change max header size.'
+          'Server responded with status code 431. ' +
+            'See https://vitejs.dev/guide/troubleshooting.html#_431-request-header-fields-too-large.'
         )
       )
     }