<section id="reservation4-hostname">
<title>Reserving a hostname</title>
- <para>When the reservation for the client includes the <command>hostname
- </command>, the server will assign this hostname to the client and send
- it back in the Client FQDN or Hostname option, depending on which of them
- the client has sent to the server. The reserved hostname always takes
+ <para>When the reservation for a client includes the <command>hostname
+ </command>, the server will return this hostname to the client in
+ the Client FQDN or Hostname option. The server responds with the Client
+ FQDN option only if the client has included Client FQDN option in its
+ message to the server. The server will respond with the Hostname option
+ if the client has included Hostname option in its message to the server,
+ or when the client has requested Hostname option using Parameter Request
+ List option. The server will return Hostname option even if it is not
+ configured to perform DNS updates. The reserved hostname always takes
precedence over the hostname supplied by the client or the autogenerated
(from the IPv4 address) hostname.</para>