diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-11-17-44-36.gh-issue-127794.VwmRsp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-11-17-44-36.gh-issue-127794.VwmRsp.rst
index bc5fe80624669f..db6d3f8d8ccb32 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-11-17-44-36.gh-issue-127794.VwmRsp.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-11-17-44-36.gh-issue-127794.VwmRsp.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 The :meth:`email.message.Message.add_header` method now validates header
-field names according to :rfc:`5322` when headers are added via add_header
-or __setitem__ and raises a ValueError if they contain invalid characters.
+field names according to :rfc:`5322` and raises a :exc:`ValueError` if
+they contain invalid characters. A similar argument applies if headers
+are added through :meth:`Message.__setitem__ <object.__setitem__>`.