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diff --git a/doc/man1/haeredes.1 b/doc/man1/haeredes.1
index 900b4c6..ea09e2d 100644
--- a/doc/man1/haeredes.1
+++ b/doc/man1/haeredes.1
@@ -91,6 +91,28 @@ example, to use 10 threads,
 .nf
 $ haeredes [OPTIONS] [DELEGATES] \fI+RTS -N10\fR
 .fi
+.SH DNS ERRORS
+.P
+There are three types of DNS errors that can occur:
+.nr step 1 1
+.IP \n[step] 2
+Timeouts. If the query times out, we don't get an answer back. The
+timeout can be adjusted with the \fB\-\-timeout\fR flag.
+.IP \n+[step]
+Sequence number mismatches. Every DNS query is sent with a sequence
+number; if the response has a different sequence number than the one
+we sent, something is wrong (foul play, or a bug somewhere in the
+stack).
+.IP \n+[step]
+Unexpected RDATA. If we ask for an \fIA\fR record, we expect to get a
+response for an \fIA\fR record. If we get something else -- well,
+something went wrong.
+.P
+Haeredes is designed to ignore these errors. A timeout or bad response
+to a query is not an indication that something is wrong with the DNS
+for the supplied domains. There might be something else wrong with
+your (caching/recursive) DNS infrastructure, but it isn't one of the
+problems that Haeredes is designed to detect.
 .SH OPTIONS
 
 .IP \fB\-\-no\-append\-root\fR,\ \fB-n\fR
@@ -148,6 +170,15 @@ know .invalid will not be delegated):
 .I $ haeredes <<< \(dqexample.invalid\(dq
 Domain \(dqexample.invalid.\(dq not delegated.
 .fi
+.IP \[bu]
+Set the timeout to one second, and query a nonexistent
+nameserver. This should result in a timeout, which will be ignored per
+the discussion in \fBDNS ERRORS\fR:
+
+.nf
+.I $ haeredes --timeout=1 --server 10.1.46.12 ns1.example.com \\\\
+.I "           <<< \(dqexample.com\(dq"
+.fi
 .SH BUGS
 .P
 Send bugs to michael@orlitzky.com.