diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/headers/caddyfile.go b/modules/caddyhttp/headers/caddyfile.go
index eec11490..a6bec957 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/headers/caddyfile.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/headers/caddyfile.go
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ func init() {
 // parseCaddyfile sets up the handler for response headers from
 // Caddyfile tokens. Syntax:
 //
-//     header [<matcher>] [[+|-|?]<field> [<value|regexp>] [<replacement>]] {
-//         [+]<field> [<value|regexp> [<replacement>]]
-//         ?<field> <default_value>
-//         -<field>
-//         [defer]
-//     }
+//	header [<matcher>] [[+|-|?]<field> [<value|regexp>] [<replacement>]] {
+//	    [+]<field> [<value|regexp> [<replacement>]]
+//	    ?<field> <default_value>
+//	    -<field>
+//	    [defer]
+//	}
 //
 // Either a block can be opened or a single header field can be configured
 // in the first line, but not both in the same directive. Header operations
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ func parseCaddyfile(h httpcaddyfile.Helper) ([]httpcaddyfile.ConfigValue, error)
 // parseReqHdrCaddyfile sets up the handler for request headers
 // from Caddyfile tokens. Syntax:
 //
-//     request_header [<matcher>] [[+|-]<field> [<value|regexp>] [<replacement>]]
-//
+//	request_header [<matcher>] [[+|-]<field> [<value|regexp>] [<replacement>]]
 func parseReqHdrCaddyfile(h httpcaddyfile.Helper) ([]httpcaddyfile.ConfigValue, error) {
 	if !h.Next() {
 		return nil, h.ArgErr()
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
index 4c8b29b1..55d3aa8c 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
@@ -782,8 +782,9 @@ func (h *Handler) reverseProxy(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, origRe
 				copyHeader(h, http.Header(header))
 				rw.WriteHeader(code)
 
-				// Clear headers, it's not automatically done by ResponseWriter.WriteHeader() for 1xx responses
-				for k := range h {
+				// Clear headers coming from the backend
+				// (it's not automatically done by ResponseWriter.WriteHeader() for 1xx responses)
+				for k := range header {
 					delete(h, k)
 				}