diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 6c2d8b5..ae8499e 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1910,8 +1910,8 @@
         def __init__(self, fp, seekable=1):
             Message = self.__class__
             Message.__bases__[0].__bases__[0].__init__(self, fp, seekable)
-            self.encodingheader = self.getheader('content-transfer-encoding')
-            self.typeheader = self.getheader('content-type')
+            self.encodingheader = self.get('content-transfer-encoding')
+            self.typeheader = self.get('content-type')
             self.parsetype()
             self.parseplist()