diff --git a/man/nss-myhostname.xml b/man/nss-myhostname.xml
index 8d5b549c3b..8a603fb9ce 100644
--- a/man/nss-myhostname.xml
+++ b/man/nss-myhostname.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@
ordered by their metric. This assigns a stable hostname to the
current gateway, useful for referencing it independently of the
current network configuration state.
+
+ The hostname _outbound is resolved to the local IPv4 and IPv6
+ addresses that are most likely used for communication with other hosts. This is determined by
+ requesting a routing decision to the configured default gateways from the kernel and then using the
+ local IP addresses selected by this decision. This hostname is only available if there is at least one
+ local default gateway configured. This assigns a stable hostname to the local outbound IP addresses,
+ useful for referencing them independently of the current network configuration state.
Various software relies on an always-resolvable local
diff --git a/man/resolvectl.xml b/man/resolvectl.xml
index 6dd4674456..bd1a636d60 100644
--- a/man/resolvectl.xml
+++ b/man/resolvectl.xml
@@ -299,11 +299,11 @@
Takes a boolean parameter; used in conjunction with query. If true
(the default), select domains are resolved on the local system, among them
- localhost and _gateway or entries from
- /etc/hosts. If false these domains are not resolved locally, and either fail (in
- case of localhost or _gateway and suchlike) or go to the
- network via regular DNS/mDNS/LLMNR lookups (in case of /etc/hosts
- entries).
+ localhost, _gateway and _outbound, or
+ entries from /etc/hosts. If false these domains are not resolved locally, and
+ either fail (in case of localhost, _gateway or
+ _outbound and suchlike) or go to the network via regular DNS/mDNS/LLMNR lookups
+ (in case of /etc/hosts entries).
diff --git a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
index ed6214cd62..9c7c482549 100644
--- a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@
gateway addresses, ordered by their metric. This assigns a stable hostname to the current gateway,
useful for referencing it independently of the current network configuration state.
+ The hostname _outbound is resolved to the local IPv4 and IPv6
+ addresses that are most likely used for communication with other hosts. This is determined by
+ requesting a routing decision to the configured default gateways from the kernel and then using the
+ local IP addresses selected by this decision. This hostname is only available if there is at least one
+ local default gateway configured. This assigns a stable hostname to the local outbound IP addresses,
+ useful for referencing them independently of the current network configuration state.
+
The mappings defined in /etc/hosts are resolved to their
configured addresses and back, but they will not affect lookups for non-address types (like MX).
Support for /etc/hosts may be disabled with ReadEtcHosts=no,