diff --git a/docs/error-handling.md b/docs/error-handling.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bd82a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/error-handling.md
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Error Handling
+
+## Try-Catch
+
+  Using generators means that you can try-catch `next`. For example,
+  this example prepends all error messages with "Error: "
+
+  ```js
+  app.use(function*(next){
+    try {
+      yield next;
+    } catch (error) {
+      error.message = 'Error: ' + error.message;
+      throw error;
+    }
+  });
+  ```
+
+### Default Error Handler
+
+  The default error handler is essentially a try-catch at
+  the very beginning of the middleware chain. To use a
+  different error handler, simply put another try-catch at
+  the beginning of the middleware chain, and handle the error
+  there. However, the default error handler is good enough for
+  most use cases. It will use a status code of `err.status`,
+  or by default 500. If `err.expose` is true, then `err.message`
+  will be the reply. Otherwise, a message generated from the
+  error code will be used (e.g. for the code 500 the message
+  "Internal Server Error" will be used). All headers will be
+  cleared from the request, but any headers in `err.headers`
+  will then be set. You can use a try-catch, as specified
+  above, to add a header to this list.
+
+## The Error Event
+
+  Error handlers can be specified with `app.on('error')`.
+  If no error handler is specified, a default error handler
+  is used. Error handlers recieve all errors that make their
+  way back through the middleware chain, if an error is caught
+  and not thrown again, it will not be handled by the error
+  handler. If not error event handler is specified, then
+  `app.onerror` will be used, which simply log the error if
+  `error.expose` is true and `app.silent` is false.
diff --git a/lib/context.js b/lib/context.js
index 88b0cf2..b6cc6f7 100644
--- a/lib/context.js
+++ b/lib/context.js
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ var proto = module.exports = {
       return;
     }
 
-    // unset all headers
+    // unset all headers, and set those specified
     this.res._headers = {};
+    this.set(err.headers);
 
     // force text/plain
     this.type = 'text';
diff --git a/test/context/onerror.js b/test/context/onerror.js
index 076adb2..b2a4001 100644
--- a/test/context/onerror.js
+++ b/test/context/onerror.js
@@ -52,6 +52,40 @@ describe('ctx.onerror(err)', function(){
     })
   })
 
+  it('should set headers specified in the error', function(done){
+    var app = koa();
+
+    app.use(function *(next){
+      this.set('Vary', 'Accept-Encoding');
+      this.set('X-CSRF-Token', 'asdf');
+      this.body = 'response';
+
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('boom'), {
+        status: 418,
+        expose: true,
+        headers: {
+          'X-New-Header': 'Value'
+        }
+      })
+    })
+
+    var server = app.listen();
+
+    request(server)
+    .get('/')
+    .expect(418)
+    .expect('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8')
+    .expect('X-New-Header', 'Value')
+    .end(function(err, res){
+      if (err) return done(err);
+
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('vary');
+      res.headers.should.not.have.property('x-csrf-token');
+
+      done();
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('when invalid err.status', function(){
     describe('not number', function(){
       it('should respond 500', function(done){