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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.37
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diff --git a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
index 42c4e27..0e5ba38 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
@@ -357,3 +357,10 @@ if the data is needed for future use, it should be
copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.
Only the Internet
address format is currently understood.
+.Pp
+.Fn gethostbyname2
+cannot perform
+.Dv AF_INET6
+lookups over NIS.
+.Xr getaddrinfo 3
+must be used instead.
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