Xr resolv.conf, and explain things a bit better

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
index f870922acc0..ecb2c0b6bb0 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/hosts.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
@@ -57,20 +57,31 @@ tab characters.  A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
 a comment; characters up to the end of the line are
 not interpreted by routines which search the file.
 .Pp
+The system configuration file
+.Xr resolv.conf 5
+controls where host name information will be searched for.
+The mechanism provided permits the administrator to describe the
+databases to search; the databases currently known include
+.Xr yp 5 ,
+DNS
+and the
+.Xr hosts 5
+database.
+.Pp
 When using the name server
 .Xr named 8 ,
 this file provides a backup when the name server
 is not running.
 For the name server, it is suggested that only a few addresses
 be included in this file.
-These include  address for the local interfaces that 
+These include address for the local interfaces that
 .Xr ifconfig 8
 needs at boot time and a few machines on the local network.
 .Pp
 This file may be created from the official host
 data base maintained at the Network Information Control
 Center
-.Pq Tn NIC , 
+.Pq Tn NIC ,
 though local changes may be required
 to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases
 and/or unknown hosts.  As the data base maintained at
@@ -100,6 +111,7 @@ file resides in
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
 .Xr ifconfig 8 ,
+.Xr resolv.conf 5 ,
 .Xr named 8
 .Rs
 .%T "Name Server Operations Guide for BIND"