diff --git a/site/troubleshooting.md b/site/troubleshooting.md
index ef6f07af..b1cec0e3 100644
--- a/site/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/site/troubleshooting.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The command
 
     weave status
 
-reports on the current status of the weave router.
+reports on the current status of the weave router and DNS.
 
 This produces output like:
 
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ broadcast:
 7a:16:dd:5b:83:de -> []
 Reconnects:
 192.168.32.1:6783 (next try at 2014-10-23 16:39:50.585932102 +0000 UTC)
+
+weavedns container is not present; have you launched it?
 ````
 
 The terms used here are explained further at
@@ -117,11 +119,16 @@ weave network is not fully connected.  See the
 [architecture documentation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zettio/weave/master/docs/architecture.txt)
 for a full explanation.
 
-Finally, 'Reconnects' lists peers that this router is aware of, but is
+The 'Reconnects' section lists peers that this router is aware of, but is
 not currently connected to.  Each line contains some information about
 whether it is attempting to connect or is waiting for a while before
 connecting again.
 
+Finally, status information from weave DNS is included. In this example,
+the DNS container has not been launched so no status information is
+available (see the [WeaveDNS README](https://github.com/zettio/weave/blob/master/weavedns/README.md)
+for more information).
+
 ### <a name="list-attached-containers"></a>List attached containers
 
     weave ps
diff --git a/weavedns/README.md b/weavedns/README.md
index e27f3b23..d24e7a05 100644
--- a/weavedns/README.md
+++ b/weavedns/README.md
@@ -177,6 +177,61 @@ $ dns_ip=$(docker inspect --format='{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' weavedns)
 $ curl -X DELETE "http://$dns_ip:6785/name/$shell2/10.2.1.27"
 ```
 
+## Troubleshooting
+
+The command
+
+    weave status
+
+reports on the current status of the weave router and DNS:
+
+````
+weave router git-8f675f15c0b5
+Encryption off
+Our name is 7a:17:ee:72:ef:9c (ubuntu-14)
+Sniffing traffic on &{42 65535 ethwe 36:59:20:e5:a4:64 up|broadcast|multicast}
+MACs:
+32:ff:76:23:d3:f1 -> 7a:17:ee:72:ef:9c (2015-03-18 12:52:37.329938912 +0000 UTC)
+36:59:20:e5:a4:64 -> 7a:17:ee:72:ef:9c (2015-03-18 12:52:36.495276933 +0000 UTC)
+Peers:
+Peer 7a:17:ee:72:ef:9c (ubuntu-14) (v0) (UID 11664962155092689251)
+Routes:
+unicast:
+7a:17:ee:72:ef:9c -> 00:00:00:00:00:00
+broadcast:
+7a:17:ee:72:ef:9c -> []
+Reconnects:
+
+weave DNS git-8f675f15c0b5
+Local domain weave.local.
+Listen address :53
+mDNS interface &{26 65535 ethwe fa:b6:b1:85:ac:9b up|broadcast|multicast}
+Fallback DNS config &{[66.28.0.45 8.8.8.8] [] 53 1 5 2}
+Zone database:
+710978857a888f3d9a126452bf58db12d3aeb4f6bf7f076eb639bc714aaa1f4b 10.2.1.26 wiff.weave.local.
+e8d85b1dcdb15053c8ca5a747812a886125a9150b060a66b66fe7d18ecdad762 10.2.1.27 waff.weave.local.
+26bd05f9a0cbef1d57425562126a725383027a23f7368518ad5162e1cb958c17 10.2.1.28 ping.weave.local.
+1ab0e8b17c391733057a1abdfd2c7842c15b415775571402c328d2735a46e323 10.2.1.29 pong.weave.local.
+````
+
+The first section covers the router; see the troubleshooting guide in
+the main documentation for more detail.
+
+The second section is pertinent to weaveDNS, and includes:
+
+* The local domain suffix which is being served
+* The address on which the DNS server is listening
+* The interface being used for multicast DNS
+* The fallback DNS which will be used to resolve non local names
+* The names known to this host's DNS server. Each entry comprises the container ID, IP address and it's fully qualified domain name
+
+In the case where weaveDNS has not been launched, the second section of `weave status`
+will report the following:
+
+````
+weavedns container is not present; have you launched it?
+````
+
 ## Present limitations
 
  * The server will not know about restarted containers, but if you