diff --git a/wp-includes/http.php b/wp-includes/http.php
index 56e4f9ff20..acd273dbb8 100644
--- a/wp-includes/http.php
+++ b/wp-includes/http.php
@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ function _wp_http_get_object() {
  * This function is called first to make the request and there are other API
  * functions to abstract out the above convoluted setup.
  *
+ * List of default arguments:
+ * 'method'      => 'GET'
+ *  - Default 'GET'  for wp_remote_get()
+ *  - Default 'POST' for wp_remote_post()
+ *  - Default 'HEAD' for wp_remote_head()
+ * 'timeout'     => 5
+ * 'redirection' => 5
+ * 'httpversion' => '1.0'
+ * 'user-agent'  => 'WordPress/' . $wp_version . '; ' . get_bloginfo( 'url' )
+ * 'blocking'    => true
+ * 'headers'     => array()
+ * 'cookies'     => array()
+ * 'body'        => null
+ * 'compress'    => false,
+ * 'decompress'  => true,
+ * 'sslverify'   => true,
+ * 'stream'      => false,
+ * 'filename'    => null
+ *
  * @since 2.7.0
  *
  * @param string $url Site URL to retrieve.
@@ -63,7 +82,7 @@ function wp_remote_request($url, $args = array()) {
 /**
  * Retrieve the raw response from the HTTP request using the GET method.
  *
- * @see wp_remote_request() For more information on the response array format.
+ * @see wp_remote_request() For more information on the response array format and default arguments.
  *
  * @since 2.7.0
  *
@@ -79,7 +98,7 @@ function wp_remote_get($url, $args = array()) {
 /**
  * Retrieve the raw response from the HTTP request using the POST method.
  *
- * @see wp_remote_request() For more information on the response array format.
+ * @see wp_remote_request() For more information on the response array format and default arguments.
  *
  * @since 2.7.0
  *
@@ -95,7 +114,7 @@ function wp_remote_post($url, $args = array()) {
 /**
  * Retrieve the raw response from the HTTP request using the HEAD method.
  *
- * @see wp_remote_request() For more information on the response array format.
+ * @see wp_remote_request() For more information on the response array format and default arguments.
  *
  * @since 2.7.0
  *