--- /dev/null
+--- net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/hostname.1.gethostbyname 2005-10-14 11:33:41.000000000 +0200
++++ net-tools-1.60/man/en_US/hostname.1 2005-10-15 11:46:14.646697600 +0200
+@@ -99,6 +99,33 @@
+ complete FQDN of the system is returned with
+ .BR "hostname \-\-fqdn" .
+
++.LP
++The function
++.BR gethostname(2)
++is used to get the hostname. When the
++.BR "hostname \-a, \-d, \-f or \-i"
++is called will
++.BR gethostbyname(3)
++be called. The difference in
++.BR gethostname(2)
++and
++.BR gethostbyname(3)
++is that
++.BR gethostbyname(3)
++is network aware, so it consults
++.IR /etc/nsswitch.conf
++and
++.IR /etc/host.conf
++to decide whether to read information in
++.IR /etc/sysconfig/network
++or
++.IR /etc/hosts
++
++To add another dimension to this,
++the
++.B hostname
++is also set when the network interface is brought up.
++
+ .SS "SET NAME"
+ When called with one argument or with the
+ .B \-\-file