From 6cea04633d2461456d30cbdd69695ca0da540b4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 15:51:34 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Document rndc addzone with automatic empty zones

---
 bin/rndc/rndc.rst | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

--- a/bin/rndc/rndc.rst
+++ b/bin/rndc/rndc.rst
@@ -129,18 +129,19 @@ Currently supported commands are:
 .. option:: addzone zone [class [view]] configuration
 
    This command adds a zone while the server is running. This command
-   requires the ``allow-new-zones`` option to be set to ``yes``. The
-   configuration string specified on the command line is the zone
-   configuration text that would ordinarily be placed in :iscman:`named.conf`.
+   requires the ``allow-new-zones`` option to be set to ``yes``.
+   The configuration string specified on the command line is the
+   zone configuration text that would ordinarily be placed in
+   :iscman:`named.conf`.  Automatic empty zones will be replaced.
 
-   The configuration is saved in a file called ``viewname.nzf`` (or, if
-   :iscman:`named` is compiled with liblmdb, an LMDB database file called
-   ``viewname.nzd``). ``viewname`` is the name of the view, unless the view
-   name contains characters that are incompatible with use as a file
-   name, in which case a cryptographic hash of the view name is used
-   instead. When :iscman:`named` is restarted, the file is loaded into
-   the view configuration so that zones that were added can persist
-   after a restart.
+   The configuration is saved in a file called ``viewname.nzf``
+   (or, if :iscman:`named` is compiled with liblmdb, an LMDB database
+   file called ``viewname.nzd``). ``viewname`` is the name of the
+   view, unless the view name contains characters that are incompatible
+   with use as a file name, in which case a cryptographic hash of
+   the view name is used instead. When :iscman:`named` is restarted,
+   the file is loaded into the view configuration so that zones
+   that were added can persist after a restart.
 
    This sample ``addzone`` command adds the zone ``example.com`` to
    the default view:
