diff --git a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
index d80c544b3644..ca7586f039b7 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/hosts.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.5
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)hosts.5	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 25, 2013
+.Dd May 25, 2021
 .Dt HOSTS 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ These include addresses for the local interfaces that
 .Xr ifconfig 8
 needs at boot time and a few machines on the local network.
 .Pp
-Network addresses are specified in the conventional
-``.'' (dot) notation using the
-.Xr inet_addr 3
+Network addresses are specified in either the conventional
+``.'' (dot) notation for IPv4 or colon hexadecimal notation for IPv6,
+as understood by the
+.Xr inet_pton 3
 routine
 from the Internet address manipulation library,
 .Xr inet 3 .
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ file resides in
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
+.Xr inet 3 ,
 .Xr nsswitch.conf 5 ,
 .Xr ifconfig 8
 .Rs
diff --git a/share/man/man5/resolver.5 b/share/man/man5/resolver.5
index cc439f123442..d5c02599bafb 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/resolver.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/resolver.5
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)resolver.5	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd August 16, 2018
+.Dd May 25, 2021
 .Dt RESOLVER 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ and the domain search path is constructed from the domain name.
 The different configuration options are:
 .Bl -tag -width nameserver
 .It Sy nameserver
-Internet address (in dot notation) of a name server
+IPv4 or IPv6 address of a name server
 that the resolver should query.
 Up to
 .Dv MAXNS