diff --git a/packages/next/README.md b/packages/next/README.md
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@@ -2493,7 +2493,7 @@ now
 
 With `next export`, we build a HTML version of your app. At export time we will run `getInitialProps` of your pages.
 
-The `req` and `res` fields of the `context` object passed to `getInitialProps` are not available as there is no server running.
+The `req` and `res` fields of the `context` object passed to `getInitialProps` are empty objects during export as there is no server running.
 
 > **Note**: If your pages don't have `getInitialProps` you may not need `next export` at all, `next build` is already enough thanks to [automatic prerendering](#automatic-prerendering).