Document change of behaviour of --address in 2.86 onwards.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/man/dnsmasq.8 b/man/dnsmasq.8
index 74cda38..0d53474 100644
--- a/man/dnsmasq.8
+++ b/man/dnsmasq.8
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ Allowed prefix lengths are 1-32 (IPv4) and 1-128 (IPv6). If the prefix length is
 .TP
 .B \-A, --address=/<domain>[/<domain>...]/[<ipaddr>]
 Specify an IP address to return for any host in the given domains.
-Queries in the domains are never forwarded and always replied to
+A (or AAAA) queries in the domains are never forwarded and always replied to
 with the specified IP address which may be IPv4 or IPv6. To give
 multiple addresses or both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for a domain, use repeated \fB--address\fP flags.
 Note that /etc/hosts and DHCP leases override this for individual
@@ -543,6 +543,11 @@ address of 0.0.0.0 and its IPv6 equivalent of :: so
 its subdomains. This is partly syntactic sugar for \fB--address=/example.com/0.0.0.0\fP
 and \fB--address=/example.com/::\fP but is also more efficient than including both
 as separate configuration lines. Note that NULL addresses normally work in the same way as localhost, so beware that clients looking up these names are likely to end up talking to themselves.
+
+Note that the behaviour for queries which don't match the specified address literal changed in version 2.86.
+Previous versions, configured with (eg) --address=/example.com/1.2.3.4 and then queried for a RR type other than
+A would return a NoData answer. From  2.86, the query is sent upstream. To restore the pre-2.86 behaviour,
+use the configuration --address=/example.com/1.2.3.4 --local=/example.com/
 .TP
 .B --ipset=/<domain>[/<domain>...]/<ipset>[,<ipset>...]
 Places the resolved IP addresses of queries for one or more domains in