diff --git a/net-doc/net/scribblings/http-client.scrbl b/net-doc/net/scribblings/http-client.scrbl
index 9b8d2bccd8..f32ed1a4b0 100644
--- a/net-doc/net/scribblings/http-client.scrbl
+++ b/net-doc/net/scribblings/http-client.scrbl
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ Closes the output side of @racket[hc], if it is live.
          void?]{
 
 Sends an HTTP request to @racket[hc] to the URI @racket[uri] using
-HTTP version @racket[version] the method @racket[method] and the
+HTTP version @racket[version], the method @racket[method], and the
 additional headers given in @racket[headers] and the additional data
-@racket[data].
+@racket[data]. If @racket[method] is @racket[#"HEAD"] (or
+@racket["HEAD"] or @racket['HEAD]), provide the same @racket[method]
+when calling @racket[http-conn-recv!] to avoid attempting to receive content.
 
 If @racket[data] is a procedure, it will be called once with a
 procedure of one argument, which is a string or
@@ -102,11 +104,13 @@ This function does not support requests that expect
 
 @defproc[(http-conn-recv! [hc http-conn-live?]
                           [#:content-decode decodes (listof symbol?) '(gzip)]
+                          [#:method method (or/c bytes? string? symbol?) #"GET"]
                           [#:close? close? boolean? #f])
          (values bytes? (listof bytes?) input-port?)]{
 
-Parses an HTTP response from @racket[hc], while decoding the encodings
-listed in @racket[decodes].
+Parses an HTTP response from @racket[hc] for the method
+@racket[method] while decoding the encodings listed in
+@racket[decodes].
 
 Returns the status line, a list of headers, and an port which contains
 the contents of the response.
@@ -116,7 +120,8 @@ following the response parsing. If @racket[close?] is @racket[#f],
 then the connection is only closed if the server instructs the client
 to do so.
 
-}
+@history[#:changed "6.1.1.6" @elem{Added the @racket[#:method] argument.}]}
+
 
 @defproc[(http-conn-sendrecv! [hc http-conn-live?] [uri (or/c bytes? string?)]
                               [#:version version (or/c bytes? string?) #"1.1"]
diff --git a/net-test/tests/net/http-client.rkt b/net-test/tests/net/http-client.rkt
index b41bd1e78d..27a1d6739e 100644
--- a/net-test/tests/net/http-client.rkt
+++ b/net-test/tests/net/http-client.rkt
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
                                              #:data body)
                          (begin0
                           (hc:http-conn-recv! c
+                                              #:method method
                                               #:close? #t)
                           (check-equal? #f (hc:http-conn-live? c))))
                        raw ereq estatus eheaders econtent))
@@ -256,4 +257,10 @@
     #"PUT / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost:REDACTED\r\nUser-Agent: Racket/REDACTED (net/http-client)\r\nAccept-Encoding: gzip\r\nTransfer-Encoding: chunked\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n0\r\n\r\n"
     #"HTTP/1.1 200 OK"
     '()
+    #""]
+
+   ["HEAD" #f "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\r\n"
+    #"HEAD / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost:REDACTED\r\nUser-Agent: Racket/REDACTED (net/http-client)\r\nAccept-Encoding: gzip\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n"
+    #"HTTP/1.1 200 OK"
+    '()
     #""]))