diff --git a/src/docker_client.zig b/src/docker_client.zig
index 8ad664f..b222fb9 100644
--- a/src/docker_client.zig
+++ b/src/docker_client.zig
@@ -186,10 +186,13 @@ fn parseResponseHead(reader: *HttpReader) !ResponseMeta {
 }
 
 /// Read the full response body according to the parsed metadata.
+/// Per RFC 7230 §3.3.3, Transfer-Encoding takes precedence over Content-Length
+/// when both are present.
 fn readResponseBody(reader: *HttpReader, meta: ResponseMeta, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ![]const u8 {
     if (meta.chunked) {
         return readChunkedBody(reader, allocator);
     }
+
     if (meta.content_length) |cl| {
         if (cl == 0) return allocator.dupe(u8, "");
         const body_buf = try allocator.alloc(u8, cl);