diff --git a/cmd/dns_proxy.go b/cmd/dns_proxy.go
index 0ac7e5b..a878e84 100644
--- a/cmd/dns_proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/dns_proxy.go
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ func init() {
 
 var dnsProxyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "dns-proxy [user@]host[:port]",
-	Short: "Starts a dns proxy",
-	Long: `Starts a local dns server that sends its request through the ssh tunnel
+	Short: "Starts a DNS over tcp proxy",
+	Long: `Starts a local DNS server that sends its request through the ssh tunnel
 to the configured DNS server.
+It uses dns over TCP so the remote DNS serve must support TCP.
 	`,
 	Args: cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
diff --git a/cmd/socks_proxy.go b/cmd/socks_proxy.go
index 48ba7fb..14906c3 100644
--- a/cmd/socks_proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/socks_proxy.go
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(proxyCmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(socksProxyCmd)
 	// sshc options
-	cmnflags.AddSshClientFlags(proxyCmd.Flags())
+	cmnflags.AddSshClientFlags(socksProxyCmd.Flags())
 
-	proxyCmd.Flags().StringP("listen-address", "l", "127.0.0.1:1080", "the socks proxy listener address")
+	socksProxyCmd.Flags().StringP("listen-address", "l", "127.0.0.1:1080", "the socks proxy listener address")
 }
 
-var proxyCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "proxy [user@]host[:port]",
+var socksProxyCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "socks-proxy [user@]host[:port]",
 	Short: "Starts a SOCKS proxy",
 	Long: `Starts a SOCKS proxy
 
diff --git a/pkg/sshc/dns_proxy.go b/pkg/sshc/dns_proxy.go
index 401ef9a..7fd144a 100644
--- a/pkg/sshc/dns_proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/sshc/dns_proxy.go
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ func (p *DnsProxy) resolveDomain(conn net.Conn, msg *dns.Msg) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to pack DNS message: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	// dns over TCP requires the queryLength info to be written
+	// before the query
 	queryLength := make([]byte, 2)
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(queryLength, uint16(len(query)))