diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index 1c1acfa2b997db..a0437f329bb148 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -3351,14 +3351,13 @@ changes:
 
 * `url` {string | URL}
 * `options` {Object} Accepts the same `options` as
-  [`http.request()`][], with the `method` always set to `GET`.
-  Properties that are inherited from the prototype are ignored.
+  [`http.request()`][], with the method set to GET by default.
 * `callback` {Function}
 * Returns: {http.ClientRequest}
 
 Since most requests are GET requests without bodies, Node.js provides this
 convenience method. The only difference between this method and
-[`http.request()`][] is that it sets the method to GET and calls `req.end()`
+[`http.request()`][] is that it sets the method to GET by default and calls `req.end()`
 automatically. The callback must take care to consume the response
 data for reasons stated in [`http.ClientRequest`][] section.
 
diff --git a/doc/api/https.md b/doc/api/https.md
index 99927cebbda96e..20f427d3b7dfd9 100644
--- a/doc/api/https.md
+++ b/doc/api/https.md
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ changes:
 
 * `url` {string | URL}
 * `options` {Object | string | URL} Accepts the same `options` as
-  [`https.request()`][], with the `method` always set to `GET`.
+  [`https.request()`][], with the method set to GET by default.
 * `callback` {Function}
 
 Like [`http.get()`][] but for HTTPS.