diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0de2360..564c9ae8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Version 66:
 * Fix unused parameter warning
 * Handle bad_alloc in parser
 * Tidy up message piecewise ctors
+* Add header aliases
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/5_02_message.qbk b/doc/5_02_message.qbk
index a794bd9b..b59924f4 100644
--- a/doc/5_02_message.qbk
+++ b/doc/5_02_message.qbk
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 [section Message Containers]
 
-Beast provides a single class template __message__ which models
-HTTP/1 and
+Beast provides a single class template __message__ and some aliases which
+model HTTP/1 and
 [@https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7540 HTTP/2]
 messages:
 ```
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ template<
     class Body,                 // Controls the container and algorithms used for the body
     class Fields = fields>      // The type of container to store the fields
 class message;
+
+/// A typical HTTP request
+template<class Body, class Fields = fields>
+using request = message<true, Body, Fields>;
+
+/// A typical HTTP response
+template<class Body, class Fields = fields>
+using response = message<false, Body, Fields>;
 ```
 
 The container offers value semantics including move and copy if supported
@@ -33,13 +41,21 @@ the container. The library comes with a collection of common body types.
 As with fields, user defined body types are possible.
 
 Sometimes it is desired to only work with a header. Beast provides a single
-class template __header__ to model HTTP/1 and HTTP/2 headers:
+class template __header__ and some aliases to model HTTP/1 and HTTP/2 headers:
 ```
 /// An HTTP header
 template<
     bool isRequest,             // `true` for requests, `false` for responses
     class Fields = fields>      // The type of container to store the fields
 class header;
+
+/// A typical HTTP request header
+template<class Fields>
+using request_header = header<true, Fields>;
+
+/// A typical HTTP response header
+template<class Fields>
+using response_header = header<false, Fields>;
 ```
 
 Requests and responses share the version, fields, and body but have
diff --git a/doc/quickref.xml b/doc/quickref.xml
index 7047dc9a..0986ad41 100644
--- a/doc/quickref.xml
+++ b/doc/quickref.xml
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__parser">parser</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__no_chunk_decorator">no_chunk_decorator</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__request">request</link></member>
+            <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__request_header">request_header</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__request_parser">request_parser</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__request_serializer">request_serializer</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__response">response</link></member>
+            <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__response_header">response_header</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__response_parser">response_parser</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__response_serializer">response_serializer</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__serializer">serializer</link></member>
diff --git a/include/beast/http/message.hpp b/include/beast/http/message.hpp
index f709baae..1f7df745 100644
--- a/include/beast/http/message.hpp
+++ b/include/beast/http/message.hpp
@@ -347,6 +347,14 @@ private:
 #endif
 };
 
+/// A typical HTTP request header
+template<class Fields = fields>
+using request_header = header<true, Fields>;
+
+/// A typical HTTP response header
+template<class Fields = fields>
+using response_header = header<false, Fields>;
+
 /** A container for a complete HTTP message.
 
     This container is derived from the `Fields` template type.