diff --git a/_includes/devdoc/ref_p2p_networking.md b/_includes/devdoc/ref_p2p_networking.md
index 82ab8e23..38d6ce99 100644
--- a/_includes/devdoc/ref_p2p_networking.md
+++ b/_includes/devdoc/ref_p2p_networking.md
@@ -271,8 +271,9 @@ to the `getheaders` message will include as many as 2,000 block headers.
 
 *Added in protocol version 31800.*
 
-The `headers` message sends one or more block headers to a node which
-previously requested certain headers with a `getheaders` message.
+The `headers` message sends block headers to a node which
+previously requested certain headers with a `getheaders` message. A headers
+message can be empty.
 
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