diff --git a/doc/api/dns.md b/doc/api/dns.md
index 021e765ba46d77..6b078a58997d6e 100644
--- a/doc/api/dns.md
+++ b/doc/api/dns.md
@@ -225,10 +225,9 @@ changes:
 
 The following flags can be passed as hints to [`dns.lookup()`][].
 
-* `dns.ADDRCONFIG`: Returned address types are determined by the types
-of addresses supported by the current system. For example, IPv4 addresses
-are only returned if the current system has at least one IPv4 address
-configured. Loopback addresses are not considered.
+* `dns.ADDRCONFIG`: Limits returned address types to the types of non-loopback
+addresses configured on the system. For example, IPv4 addresses are only
+returned if the current system has at least one IPv4 address configured.
 * `dns.V4MAPPED`: If the IPv6 family was specified, but no IPv6 addresses were
 found, then return IPv4 mapped IPv6 addresses. It is not supported
 on some operating systems (e.g FreeBSD 10.1).