diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
index 09764374..d7a0e369 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
@@ -236,13 +236,7 @@ func (t Transport) buildEnv(r *http.Request) (map[string]string, error) {
 	// original URI in as the value of REQUEST_URI (the user can overwrite this
 	// if desired). Most PHP apps seem to want the original URI. Besides, this is
 	// how nginx defaults: http://stackoverflow.com/a/12485156/1048862
-	origReq, ok := r.Context().Value(caddyhttp.OriginalRequestCtxKey).(http.Request)
-	if !ok {
-		// some requests, like active health checks, don't add this to
-		// the request context, so we can just use the current URL
-		origReq = *r
-	}
-	reqURL := origReq.URL
+	origReq := r.Context().Value(caddyhttp.OriginalRequestCtxKey).(http.Request)
 
 	requestScheme := "http"
 	if r.TLS != nil {
@@ -285,7 +279,7 @@ func (t Transport) buildEnv(r *http.Request) (map[string]string, error) {
 		"DOCUMENT_ROOT":   root,
 		"DOCUMENT_URI":    docURI,
 		"HTTP_HOST":       r.Host, // added here, since not always part of headers
-		"REQUEST_URI":     reqURL.RequestURI(),
+		"REQUEST_URI":     origReq.URL.RequestURI(),
 		"SCRIPT_FILENAME": scriptFilename,
 		"SCRIPT_NAME":     scriptName,
 	}
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/httptransport.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/httptransport.go
index f217a4ba..19328513 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/httptransport.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/httptransport.go
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ type KeepAlive struct {
 	// Maximum number of idle connections. Default: 0, which means no limit.
 	MaxIdleConns int `json:"max_idle_conns,omitempty"`
 
-	// Maximum number of idle connections per host. Default: 0, which uses Go's default of 2.
+	// Maximum number of idle connections per host. Default: 32.
 	MaxIdleConnsPerHost int `json:"max_idle_conns_per_host,omitempty"`
 
 	// How long connections should be kept alive when idle. Default: 0, which means no timeout.