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http://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#basic-fetch [[ If request's method is `GET` and obtaining a resource from request's url does not return failure, return a response whose headers consist of a single header whose name is `Content-Type` and value is the MIME type and parameters returned from obtaining a resource, and body is the data returned from obtaining a resource. ]] It's not made clear (e.g. by having a reference) that "obtaining a resource" here is a link to a separate spec.
https://github.com/whatwg/fetch/commit/13cbf9d18b70314dba5ed89251ed026d6d7b1dcf