diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
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@@ -1055,6 +1055,11 @@ AbstractBasicAuthHandler Objects
    authority must not contain a userinfo component (so, ``"python.org"`` and
    ``"python.org:80"`` are fine, ``"joe:password@python.org"`` is not).
 
+   Headers object can be created as follows::
+
+      import email
+      headers = email.message.Message()
+      headers['Content-type'] = 'text/plain'
 
 .. _http-basic-auth-handler:
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-22-19-16-35.bpo-45572.xPfsg5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-01-22-19-16-35.bpo-45572.xPfsg5.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Documented *headers* parameter for
+:func:`urllib.request.http_error_auth_reqed`.