Improve info text on Settings > DNS (#3245)

pi-hole · Feb 23, 2025 · 8d3792f · 8d3792f
2 parents ec8beaf + 7c04234
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diff --git a/settings-dns.lp b/settings-dns.lp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ mg.include('scripts/lua/settings_header.lp','r')
                                 <input type="text" class="form-control" id="dns.domain" data-key="dns.domain" value="">
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-                        <p>The DNS domains for your Pi-hole. If no domain is specified and you are using Pi-hole's DHCP server, then any hostnames with a domain part (i.e., with a period) will be disallowed. If a domain is specified, then hostnames with a domain parts matching the domain here are allowed. In addition, when a suffix is set then hostnames without a domain part have the suffix added as an optional domain part.</p>
+                        <p>The DNS domains for your Pi-hole. This DNS domain is purely local. FTL may answer queries from its local cache and configuration but *never* forwards any requests upstream *unless* you have configured a dns.revServer exactly for this domain. If no domain is specified and you are using Pi-hole's DHCP server, then any hostnames with a domain part (i.e., with a period) will be disallowed. If a domain is specified, then hostnames with a domain parts matching the domain here are allowed. In addition, when a suffix is set then hostnames without a domain part have the suffix added as an optional domain part.</p>
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                             <input type="checkbox" id="dns.expandHosts" data-key="dns.expandHosts" title="domain-needed">
                             <label for="dns.expandHosts"><strong>Expand hostnames</strong></label>
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ mg.include('scripts/lua/settings_header.lp','r')
                                 with "no such domain" rather than being forwarded upstream. The set
                                 of prefixes affected is the list given in <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6303">RFC6303</a>.</p>
                                 <p><strong>Important:</strong><br>Enabling these two options may increase your privacy,
-                                but may also prevent you from being able to access. Make sure you have set up conditional forwarding in this case.</p>
+                                but may also prevent you from being able to access to access local hostnames if the Pi-hole is not used as DHCP server.
+                                Make sure you have set up conditional forwarding in this case.</p>
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