diff --git a/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md b/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md
index f7b331e84..84357c40b 100644
--- a/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md
+++ b/specs/deneb/p2p-interface.md
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ Per `context = compute_fork_digest(fork_version, genesis_validators_root)`:
 
 No more than `MAX_REQUEST_BLOCKS_DENEB` may be requested at a time.
 
+*[Modified in Deneb:EIP4844]*
+Clients SHOULD include a block in the response as soon as it passes the gossip validation rules.
+Clients SHOULD NOT respond with blocks that fail the beacon chain state transition.
+
 ##### BlobSidecarsByRoot v1
 
 **Protocol ID:** `/eth2/beacon_chain/req/blob_sidecars_by_root/1/`
@@ -300,6 +304,10 @@ Clients MUST support requesting sidecars since `minimum_request_epoch`, where `m
 Clients MUST respond with at least one sidecar, if they have it.
 Clients MAY limit the number of blocks and sidecars in the response.
 
+Clients SHOULD include a sidecar in the response as soon as it passes the gossip validation rules.
+Clients SHOULD NOT respond with sidecars related to blocks that fail gossip validation rules.
+Clients SHOULD NOT respond with sidecars related to blocks that fail the beacon chain state transition
+
 ##### BlobSidecarsByRange v1
 
 **Protocol ID:** `/eth2/beacon_chain/req/blob_sidecars_by_range/1/`
diff --git a/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md b/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md
index a374443b8..e9d43e5a7 100644
--- a/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md
+++ b/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md
@@ -856,6 +856,9 @@ Clients MUST support requesting blocks since the latest finalized epoch.
 Clients MUST respond with at least one block, if they have it.
 Clients MAY limit the number of blocks in the response.
 
+Clients MAY include a block in the response as soon as it passes the gossip validation rules.
+Clients SHOULD NOT respond with blocks that fail the beacon chain state transition.
+
 `/eth2/beacon_chain/req/beacon_blocks_by_root/1/` is deprecated. Clients MAY respond with an empty list during the deprecation transition period.
 
 ##### Ping