diff --git a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.parse_header.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.parse_header.asciidoc
index 3f681798..2f8ec366 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.parse_header.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.parse_header.asciidoc
@@ -192,11 +192,8 @@ parse_header(<<"x-forwarded-for">>, Req) -> [Token]
 Token :: binary()                   %% case sensitive
 ----
 
-.Unknown headers
-[source,erlang]
-----
-parse_header(_, Req) -> {undefined, RawValue}
-----
+This function will crash when attempting to parse a
+header Cowboy does not currently understand.
 
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