Headlight range control for a motor vehicle headlights

The invention relates to a method for operating a headlight (18, 20) of a motor vehicle (10), by detecting means (54) comprises a front of the motor vehicle (10) detected befindliches object (16) and upon detection of the object (16) through a (a bright-dark boundary (24) is adjusted control unit (52) in a light distribution (22) of the headlight (44, 44 '), which on the one hand in an intermediate region (28) between the motor vehicle (10) and said object 16) and (on the other outside of the intermediate region 28) laterally (40, 42) on the object (16) past. The object of the invention is based is to provide a traffic-safe range control. By the detecting means (54) is determined for this purpose, a relative position (56) of the object (16) to the motor vehicle (10) and by the control unit (52) a pitch of the light-dark boundary (24) to the object (16) in the intermediate region (28) controlled in dependence on the relative position (56) to a desired distance value (32).