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diff --git a/scripts/named-conf.8 b/scripts/named-conf.8
index c72706e..0faae0a 100644
--- a/scripts/named-conf.8
+++ b/scripts/named-conf.8
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ several physical lines.
 .SS GENERAL DIRECTIVES
 These directives specify general configuration details.  They should
 appear before directives specifying zones, as each will affect only
-later zone directives.
+later zone directives.  Foreign zones (zones explicitly specified on
+the command line but not mentioned in the configuration) use the
+configuration settings prevailing at the end of the config file.
 .TP
 \fBadmin\fP \fIemail\-address\fP
 Specifies the email address of the local administrator.  This is used
@@ -181,7 +183,8 @@ to-be-obsoleted slaves.  The default is no such addresses.
 .TP
 \fBserverless\-glueless\fP \fIdomain ...\fP
 Specifies a list of domains under which we do not expect to find any
-nameservers; for these zones it is OK to find glueless referrals.
+nameservers without glue; for these zones it is OK to find glueless
+referrals.
 Each domain listed names a complete subtree of the DNS, starting at
 the named point.  The default is
 .BR "in\-addr.arpa ip6.arpa ip6.int" .
@@ -190,8 +193,8 @@ To avoid indefinitely long or even circularly glueless referrals
 (which delay or prevent lookups) it is necessary for all sites to
 effectively implement similar conventions; currently the author
 believes that only the reverse lookup namespaces are conventionally
-devoid of nameservers, and therefore fine to provide glueless
-referrals for.  See GLUELESSNESS below.
+devoid of (glueless) nameservers, and therefore fine to provide
+glueless referrals for.  See GLUELESSNESS below.
 .TP
 \fBallow-\-indirect\-glue\fP \fInameserver-superdomain ...\fP
 Specifies a list of domains under which we expect to find glueless