diff --git a/management/templates/custom-dns.html b/management/templates/custom-dns.html
index 8b5b94aa..c838d32a 100644
--- a/management/templates/custom-dns.html
+++ b/management/templates/custom-dns.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 <p>You can set additional DNS records, such as if you have a website running on another server, to add DKIM records for external mail providers, or for various confirmation-of-ownership tests.</p>
 
-<p>To set an A or AAAA record pointing to this box, simply write local in the Value field.</p>
-
 <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" onsubmit="do_set_custom_dns(); return false;">
   <div class="form-group">
     <label for="customdnsQname" class="col-sm-1 control-label">Name</label>
@@ -33,8 +31,8 @@
     <label for="customdnsType" class="col-sm-1 control-label">Type</label>
     <div class="col-sm-10">
       <select id="customdnsType" class="form-control" style="max-width: 400px" onchange="show_customdns_rtype_hint()">
-        <option value="A" data-hint="Enter an IPv4 address (i.e. a dotted quad, such as 123.456.789.012).">A (IPv4 address)</option>
-        <option value="AAAA" data-hint="Enter an IPv6 address.">AAAA (IPv6 address)</option>
+        <option value="A" data-hint="Enter an IPv4 address (i.e. a dotted quad, such as 123.456.789.012).  The 'local' alias sets the record to this box's public IPv4 address.">A (IPv4 address)</option>
+        <option value="AAAA" data-hint="Enter an IPv6 address.  The 'local' alias sets the record to this box's public IPv6 address.">AAAA (IPv6 address)</option>
         <option value="CAA" data-hint="Enter a CA that can issue certificates for this domain in the form of FLAG TAG VALUE. (0 issuewild &quot;letsencrypt.org&quot;)">CAA (Certificate Authority Authorization)</option>
         <option value="CNAME" data-hint="Enter another domain name followed by a period at the end (e.g. mypage.github.io.).">CNAME (DNS forwarding)</option>
         <option value="TXT" data-hint="Enter arbitrary text.">TXT (text record)</option>