Document that "localhost" only resolves to the loopback addresses.

prodding pb
OK phessler, sthen
Input & OK jmc

diff --git a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
index 8b3b7b6..c15d19b 100644 (file)
--- a/share/man/man5/hosts.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: hosts.5,v 1.26 2022/03/31 17:27:23 naddy Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: hosts.5,v 1.27 2023/11/25 08:14:43 florian Exp $
 .\"    $NetBSD: hosts.5,v 1.4 1994/11/30 19:31:20 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)hosts.5    8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 25 2023 $
 .Dt HOSTS 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ dot notation (IPv4) or colon separated notation (IPv6) as described in
 .Xr inet_pton 3 .
 Host names may contain any printable character other than a field delimiter,
 newline, or comment character.
+.Pp
+The host "localhost" and all names underneath the localhost domain will
+always resolve to the loopback addresses 127.0.0.1 or ::1.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /etc/hosts -compact
 .It Pa /etc/hosts

diff --git a/share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5
index ed3b8f6..907fd89 100644 (file)
--- a/share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/resolv.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: resolv.conf.5,v 1.64 2021/11/23 06:58:36 jmc Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: resolv.conf.5,v 1.65 2023/11/25 08:14:43 florian Exp $
 .\"    $NetBSD: resolv.conf.5,v 1.7 1996/03/06 18:22:16 scottr Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)resolver.5 5.12 (Berkeley) 5/10/91
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 23 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 25 2023 $
 .Dt RESOLV.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ file does not exist, only the local host file
 will be consulted,
 i.e. the Domain Name System will not be used to resolve hosts.
 .Pp
+The host "localhost" and all names underneath the localhost domain will
+always resolve to the loopback addresses 127.0.0.1 or ::1.
+.Pp
 The file is designed to be human readable and contains a list of
 keywords with values that provide various types of resolver information.
 A resolv.conf file is not required for some setups, so this file is optional.