diff --git a/public/docs/_examples/server-communication/ts/app/toh/hero.service.1.ts b/public/docs/_examples/server-communication/ts/app/toh/hero.service.1.ts
index 8e42587502..97f5e01d35 100644
--- a/public/docs/_examples/server-communication/ts/app/toh/hero.service.1.ts
+++ b/public/docs/_examples/server-communication/ts/app/toh/hero.service.1.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // #docregion
 import {Injectable}     from 'angular2/core';
 import {Http, Response} from 'angular2/http';
+import {Headers, RequestOptions} from 'angular2/http';
 import {Hero}           from './hero';
 
 @Injectable()
@@ -16,11 +17,16 @@ export class HeroService {
   getHeroes () {
     return this.http.get(this._heroesUrl)
                     .toPromise()
-                    .then(res => <Hero[]> res.json().data, this.handleError);
+                    .then(res => <Hero[]> res.json().data, this.handleError)
+                    .then(data => { console.log(data); return data; }); // eyeball results in the console
   }
 
   addHero (name: string) : Promise<Hero> {
-    return this.http.post(this._heroesUrl, JSON.stringify({ name }))
+    let body = JSON.stringify({ name });
+    let headers = new Headers({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
+    let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });
+
+    return this.http.post(this._heroesUrl, body, options)
                .toPromise()
                .then(res => <Hero> res.json().data)
                .catch(this.handleError);
diff --git a/public/docs/_examples/server-communication/ts/app/toh/hero.service.ts b/public/docs/_examples/server-communication/ts/app/toh/hero.service.ts
index ad5220917f..216e0acd4a 100644
--- a/public/docs/_examples/server-communication/ts/app/toh/hero.service.ts
+++ b/public/docs/_examples/server-communication/ts/app/toh/hero.service.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 // #docregion v1
 import {Injectable}     from 'angular2/core';
 import {Http, Response} from 'angular2/http';
+// #enddocregion v1
+// #docregion import-request-options
+import {Headers, RequestOptions} from 'angular2/http';
+// #enddocregion import-request-options
+// #docregion v1
 import {Hero}           from './hero';
 import {Observable}     from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
@@ -29,10 +34,17 @@ export class HeroService {
   }
   // #enddocregion error-handling
   // #enddocregion v1
-  
+
   // #docregion addhero
   addHero (name: string) : Observable<Hero>  {
-    return this.http.post(this._heroesUrl, JSON.stringify({ name }))
+
+    let body = JSON.stringify({ name });
+    //#docregion headers
+    let headers = new Headers({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
+    let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });
+
+    return this.http.post(this._heroesUrl, body, options)
+    //#enddocregion headers
                     .map(res =>  <Hero> res.json().data)
                     .catch(this.handleError)
   }
diff --git a/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/server-communication.jade b/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/server-communication.jade
index 5af43790f7..2d64bd4f77 100644
--- a/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/server-communication.jade
+++ b/public/docs/ts/latest/guide/server-communication.jade
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ include ../../../../_includes/_util-fns
   [Error handling](#error-handling)<br>
   [Log results to console](#do)<br>
   [Send data to the server](#update)<br>
+  [Add headers](#headers)<br>
   [Promises instead of observables](#promises)<br>
   [JSONP](#jsonp)<br>
   [Debounce search term input](#more-observables)<br>
@@ -272,16 +273,35 @@ code-example(format="." language="javascript").
   { "name": "Windstorm" }
 :marked
   The server will generate the `id` and return the entire `JSON` representation
-  of the new hero including its generated id for our convenience.
+  of the new hero including its generated id for our convenience, tucked inside an object
+  with a `data` property.
   
   Now that we know how the API works, we implement `addHero`like this:
++makeExample('server-communication/ts/app/toh/hero.service.ts', 'import-request-options', 'app/toh/hero.service.ts (additional imports)')(format=".")  
 +makeExample('server-communication/ts/app/toh/hero.service.ts', 'addhero', 'app/toh/hero.service.ts (addHero)')(format=".")
 :marked
-  Notice that the second *body* parameter of the `post` method requires a JSON ***string***
+  The second *body* parameter of the `post` method requires a JSON ***string***
   so we have to `JSON.stringify` the hero content first.
 .l-sub-section
   :marked
-    We may be able to skip stringify in the near future.
+    We may be able to skip the body stringify in the near future.
+    
+<a id="headers"></a>
+:marked
+  ### Headers
+  The server requires a `Content-Type` header for the body of the POST.
+  [Headers](../api/http/Headers-class.html) are one of the [RequestOptions](../api/http/RequestOptions-class.html).
+  Compose the options object and pass it in as the *third* parameter of the `post` method.
++makeExample('server-communication/ts/app/toh/hero.service.ts', 'headers', 'app/toh/hero.service.ts (headers)')(format=".")
+
+:marked
+  ### JSON results
+  As with `get`, we extract the data from the response with `json()` and unwrap the hero via the `data` property.
+.l-sub-section
+  :marked
+    *Reminder*: we must know the shape of the data returned by the server. 
+    The sample web api returns the new hero wrapped in an object with a `data` property.
+    A different api might just return the hero in which case we'd omit the `data` de-reference.
 :marked
   Back in the `HeroListComponent`, we see that *its* `addHero` method subscribes to the observable returned by the *service's* `addHero` method.
   When the data arrive it pushes the new hero object into its `heroes` array for presentation to the user.
@@ -313,6 +333,8 @@ code-example(format="." language="javascript").
   
   Our `errorHandler` forwards an error message as a failed promise instead of a failed Observable.
   
+  The diagnostic *log to console* is just one more `then` in the promise chain.
+  
   We have to adjust the calling component to expect a `Promise` instead of an `Observable`.
   
 +makeTabs(