From ee6d1b9a61d8f2f087f0f3bf3ea2b933b5c3a93a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raimo Niskanen <raimo@erlang.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 10:14:22 +0100
Subject: Stop returning V4MAPPED addresses

---
 lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml     | 4 +---
 lib/kernel/doc/src/inet_res.xml | 6 ++----
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/kernel/doc')

diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index 5c56247820..9552332948 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -277,9 +277,7 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
         <p>Returns a <c>hostent</c> record for the host with the specified
           hostname.</p>
         <p>If resolver option <c>inet6</c> is <c>true</c>,
-          an IPv6 address is looked up. If that fails,
-          the IPv4 address is looked up and returned on
-          IPv6-mapped IPv4 format.</p>
+          an IPv6 address is looked up.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
 
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet_res.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet_res.xml
index 3454e3c6f9..351d86a93a 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet_res.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet_res.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <erlref>
   <header>
     <copyright>
-      <year>2009</year><year>2015</year>
+      <year>2009</year><year>2018</year>
       <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
     </copyright>
     <legalnotice>
@@ -230,9 +230,7 @@ inet_dns:record_type(_) -> undefined.</pre>
           <seealso marker="#getbyname/2"><c>getbyname/2,3</c></seealso>.
         </p>
         <p>If resolver option <c>inet6</c> is <c>true</c>,
-          an IPv6 address is looked up. If that fails,
-          the IPv4 address is looked up and returned on
-          IPv6-mapped IPv4 format.</p>
+          an IPv6 address is looked up.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
 
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