From: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 07:13:25 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: man: clarify that global search domains apply to global servers, not all interfaces
X-Git-Tag: v249-rc1~37
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man: clarify that global search domains apply to global servers, not all interfaces

Fixes #19257.
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diff --git a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
index 9c7c482549d..7d4d7bb16cc 100644
--- a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
@@ -138,13 +138,14 @@
 
       <listitem><para>Queries for the address records (A and AAAA) of single-label non-synthesized names are
       resolved via unicast DNS using search domains. For any interface which defines search domains, such
-      look-ups are routed to that interface, suffixed with each of the search domains defined on that
-      interface in turn. When global search domains are defined, such look-ups are routed to all interfaces,
-      suffixed by each of the global search domains in turn. Additionally, lookup of single-label names via
-      unicast DNS may be enabled with the <varname>ResolveUnicastSingleLabel=yes</varname> setting. The
-      details of which servers are queried and how the final reply is chosen are described below. Note that
-      this means that address queries for single-label names are never sent out to remote DNS servers by
-      default, and resoulution is only possible if search domains are defined.</para></listitem>
+      look-ups are routed to the servers defined for that interface, suffixed with each of those search
+      domains. When global search domains are defined, such look-ups are routed to the global servers. For
+      each search domain, queries are performed by suffixing the name with each of the search domains in
+      turn. Additionally, lookup of single-label names via unicast DNS may be enabled with the
+      <varname>ResolveUnicastSingleLabel=yes</varname> setting. The details of which servers are queried and
+      how the final reply is chosen are described below. Note that this means that address queries for
+      single-label names are never sent out to remote DNS servers by default, and resoulution is only
+      possible if search domains are defined.</para></listitem>
 
       <listitem><para>Multi-label names with the domain suffix <literal>.local</literal> are resolved using
       MulticastDNS on all local interfaces where MulticastDNS is enabled. As with LLMNR, IPv4 address lookups