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.B usepeerdns
Ask the peer for up to 2 DNS server addresses. The addresses supplied
by the peer (if any) are passed to the /etc/ppp/ip-up script in the
-environment variables DNS1 and DNS2.
+environment variables DNS1 and DNS2. In addition, pppd will create an
+/etc/ppp/resolv.conf file containing one or two nameserver lines with
+the address(es) supplied by the peer.
.TP
.B user \fIname
Sets the name used for authenticating the local system to the peer to