diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/integration/rest-clients.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/integration/rest-clients.adoc
index 482217e6d62d..a1f45190320d 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/integration/rest-clients.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/integration/rest-clients.adoc
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ method parameters:
 | `@RequestHeader`
 | Add a request header or multiple headers. The argument may be a `Map<String, ?>` or
   `MultiValueMap<String, ?>` with multiple headers, a `Collection<?>` of values, or an
-  individual value. Type conversion is supported for non-String values. This overrides
+  individual value. Type conversion is supported for non-String values. This does not override
   the annotation's `headers` attribute.
 
 | `@PathVariable`
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestHeaderArgumentResolverTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestHeaderArgumentResolverTests.java
index 537c2a816c1d..5eaa3f9af1a2 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestHeaderArgumentResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/service/invoker/RequestHeaderArgumentResolverTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
 import org.springframework.web.service.annotation.GetExchange;
+import org.springframework.web.service.annotation.HttpExchange;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
  *
  * @author Olga Maciaszek-Sharma
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  */
 class RequestHeaderArgumentResolverTests {
 
@@ -49,6 +51,12 @@ void header() {
 		assertRequestHeaders("id", "test");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void doesNotOverrideAnnotationHeaders() {
+		this.service.executeWithAnnotationHeaders("test");
+		assertRequestHeaders("id", "default", "test");
+	}
+
 	private void assertRequestHeaders(String key, String... values) {
 		List<String> actualValues = this.client.getRequestValues().getHeaders().get(key);
 		if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(values)) {
@@ -65,6 +73,9 @@ private interface Service {
 		@GetExchange
 		void execute(@RequestHeader String id);
 
+		@HttpExchange(method = "GET", headers = "id=default")
+		void executeWithAnnotationHeaders(@RequestHeader String id);
+
 	}
 
 }