diff --git a/site/features.md b/site/features.md
index 0a5d297d..cc9d6126 100644
--- a/site/features.md
+++ b/site/features.md
@@ -296,13 +296,9 @@ returned. So now
     host2$ ping 10.2.1.132
 
 will work, and, more interestingly, we can ping our `a1` application
-container, which is residing on `$HOST1`, after finding its IP
-address:
+container, which is residing on `$HOST1`:
 
-    host1$ weave ps a1
-    a1 1e:88:d7:5b:77:68 10.2.1.2/24
-
-    host2$ ping 10.2.1.2
+    host2$ ping $(weave dns-lookup a1)
 
 Multiple subnet addresses can be exposed or hidden with a single
 invocation:
@@ -337,11 +333,8 @@ explained [above](#host-network-integration), i.e.
 Then we add a NAT rule to route from the outside world to the
 destination container service.
 
-    host1$ weave ps a1
-    a1 1e:88:d7:5b:77:68 10.2.1.2/24
-
     host2$ iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -i eth0 --dport 2211 \
-           -j DNAT --to-destination 10.2.1.2:4422
+           -j DNAT --to-destination $(weave dns-lookup a1):4422
 
 Here we are assuming that the "outside world" is connecting to `$HOST2`
 via 'eth0'. We want TCP traffic to port 2211 on the external IPs to be
diff --git a/site/weavedns.md b/site/weavedns.md
index 1166b00e..5e9d261e 100644
--- a/site/weavedns.md
+++ b/site/weavedns.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ hosts.
 * [Load balancing](#load-balancing)
 * [Fault resilience](#fault-resilience)
 * [Adding and removing extra DNS entries](#add-remove)
+* [Resolve weaveDNS entries from host](#resolve-weavedns-entries-from-host)
 * [Hot-swapping service containers](#hot-swapping)
 * [Retaining DNS entries when containers stop](#retain-stopped)
 * [Configuring a custom TTL](#ttl)
@@ -133,7 +134,6 @@ one of the `pingme` containers and re-run the ping tests, eventually
 [cache expiry time](#ttl)) we will only be hitting the address of the
 container that is still alive.
 
-
 ## <a name="add-remove"></a>Adding and removing extra DNS entries
 
 If you want to give the container a name in DNS *other* than its
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ $ weave dns-remove 10.2.1.27 $C
 When queried about a name with multiple IPs, weaveDNS returns all IPs
 available in a random order.
 
+## <a name="resolve-weavedns-entries-from-host"></a>Resolve weaveDNS entries from host
+
+You can resolve entries from any host running weaveDNS with `weave
+dns-lookup`:
+
+    host1$ weave dns-lookup pingme
+    10.40.0.1
+
 ## <a name="hot-swapping"></a>Hot-swapping service containers
 
 If you would like to deploy a new version of a service, keep the old