diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 8db56d5..7378c44 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension NetAddr::IP
 
+4.073 Sat Apr  5 09:32:11 PDT 2014
+	add documentation about FQDN conversion and
+	an option to disable
+
 4.072 Mon Jan 27 11:59:58 PST 2014
         modify Makefile.PL to bypass missing 'pod2text'
 
diff --git a/IP.pm b/IP.pm
index 25aa711..a0aa65a 100644
--- a/IP.pm
+++ b/IP.pm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 @ISA = qw(Exporter NetAddr::IP::Lite);
 
-$VERSION = do { sprintf " %d.%03d", (q$Revision: 4.72 $ =~ /\d+/g) };
+$VERSION = do { sprintf " %d.%03d", (q$Revision: 4.73 $ =~ /\d+/g) };
 
 $rfc3021 = 0;
 
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 	:old_storable
 	:old_nth
 	:rfc3021
+	:nofqdn
   );
 
   NOTE: NetAddr::IP::Util has a full complement of network address
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@
   FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF::          = V4mask();
   ::FFFF:FFFF                              = V4net();
 
+  Will also return an ipV4 or ipV6 representation of a
+  resolvable Fully Qualified Domanin Name (FQDN).
 
 ###### DEPRECATED, will be remove in version 5 ############
 
@@ -614,6 +617,12 @@
   123456789012  a 'big' bcd number (bigger than perl likes)
   and Math::BigInt
 
+A Fully Qualified Domain Name which returns an ipV4 address or an ipV6
+address, embodied in that order. This previously undocumented feature
+may be disabled with:
+
+	use NetAddr::IP::Lite ':nofqdn';
+
 If called with no arguments, 'default' is assumed.
 
 If called with an empty string as the argument, returns 'undef'
diff --git a/Lite/Changes b/Lite/Changes
index fca0bd0..249f513 100644
--- a/Lite/Changes
+++ b/Lite/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension NetAddr::IP::Lite
 
+1.53  Sat Apr  5 09:32:11 PDT 2014
+        add documentation about FQDN conversion and
+        an option to disable
+
 1.52  Mon Jan 27 11:59:58 PST 2014
         modify Makefile.PL to bypass missing 'pod2text'
 
diff --git a/Lite/Lite.pm b/Lite/Lite.pm
index 50d4752..456337f 100644
--- a/Lite/Lite.pm
+++ b/Lite/Lite.pm
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 	havegethostbyname2
 );
 
-use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT_OK $VERSION $Accept_Binary_IP $Old_nth $AUTOLOAD *Zero);
+use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT_OK $VERSION $Accept_Binary_IP $Old_nth $NoFQDN $AUTOLOAD *Zero);
 
-$VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision: 1.52 $ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%02d" x $#r, @r };
+$VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision: 1.53 $ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%02d" x $#r, @r };
 
 require Exporter;
 
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 	:old_nth
 	:upper
 	:lower
+	:nofqdn
   );
 
   my $ip = new NetAddr::IP::Lite '127.0.0.1';
@@ -93,6 +94,9 @@
   FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF::	   = V4mask();
   ::FFFF:FFFF				   = V4net();
 
+  Will also return an ipV4 or ipV6 representation of a
+  resolvable Fully Qualified Domanin Name (FQDN).
+
 =head1 INSTALLATION
 
 Un-tar the distribution in an appropriate directory and type:
@@ -624,6 +628,12 @@
   123456789012  a 'big' bcd number (bigger than perl likes)
   and Math::BigInt
 
+A Fully Qualified Domain Name which returns an ipV4 address or an ipV6
+address, embodied in that order. This previously undocumented feature
+may be disabled with:
+
+	use NetAddr::IP::Lite ':nofqdn';
+
 If called with no arguments, 'default' is assumed.
 
 If called with and empty string as the argument, 'undef' is returned;
@@ -1002,12 +1012,12 @@
 	last;
       }
 # check for resolvable IPv4 hosts
-      elsif ($ip !~ /[^a-zA-Z0-9\.-]/ && ($tmp = gethostbyname(fillIPv4($ip))) && $tmp ne $_v4zero && $tmp ne $_zero ) {
+      elsif (! $NoFQDN && $ip !~ /[^a-zA-Z0-9\.-]/ && ($tmp = gethostbyname(fillIPv4($ip))) && $tmp ne $_v4zero && $tmp ne $_zero ) {
 	$ip = ipv4to6($tmp);
 	last;
       }
 # check for resolvable IPv6 hosts
-      elsif ($ip !~ /[^a-zA-Z0-9\.-]/ && havegethostbyname2() && ($tmp = naip_gethostbyname($ip))) {
+      elsif (! $NoFQDN && $ip !~ /[^a-zA-Z0-9\.-]/ && havegethostbyname2() && ($tmp = naip_gethostbyname($ip))) {
 	$ip = $tmp;
 	$isV6 = 1;
 	last;
@@ -1573,6 +1583,11 @@
     NetAddr::IP::Util::upper();
     @_ = grep { $_ ne ':upper' } @_;
   }
+  if (grep { $_ eq ':nofqdn' } @_)
+  {
+    $NoFQDN = 1;
+    @_ = grep { $_ ne ':nofqdn' } @_;
+  }
   NetAddr::IP::Lite->export_to_level(1, @_);
 }
 
@@ -1586,6 +1601,7 @@
 	:old_nth
 	:upper
 	:lower
+	:nofqdn
 
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
diff --git a/Lite/MANIFEST b/Lite/MANIFEST
index b6f2fdd..1cc7edd 100644
--- a/Lite/MANIFEST
+++ b/Lite/MANIFEST
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 t/network.t
 t/new-nth.t
 t/new-num.t
+t/nofqdn.t
 t/numeric.t
 t/old-nth.t
 t/old-num.t
diff --git a/Lite/README b/Lite/README
index 9c6b418..c687f17 100644
--- a/Lite/README
+++ b/Lite/README
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
             :old_nth
             :upper
             :lower
+            :nofqdn
       );
 
       my $ip = new NetAddr::IP::Lite '127.0.0.1';
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@
       FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF::          = V4mask();
       ::FFFF:FFFF                              = V4net();
 
+      Will also return an ipV4 or ipV6 representation of a
+      resolvable Fully Qualified Domanin Name (FQDN).
+
 INSTALLATION
     Un-tar the distribution in an appropriate directory and type:
 
@@ -297,6 +301,12 @@
           123456789012  a 'big' bcd number (bigger than perl likes)
           and Math::BigInt
 
+        A Fully Qualified Domain Name which returns an ipV4 address or an
+        ipV6 address, embodied in that order. This previously undocumented
+        feature may be disabled with:
+
+                use NetAddr::IP::Lite ':nofqdn';
+
         If called with no arguments, 'default' is assumed.
 
         If called with and empty string as the argument, 'undef' is
@@ -480,6 +490,7 @@
             :old_nth
             :upper
             :lower
+            :nofqdn
 
 AUTHORS
     Luis E. Muñoz <luismunoz@cpan.org>, Michael Robinton
diff --git a/Lite/t/nofqdn.t b/Lite/t/nofqdn.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91ab975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lite/t/nofqdn.t
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+
+use NetAddr::IP::Lite
+
+$| = 1;
+
+print "1..2\n";
+
+my $test = 1;
+sub ok() {
+  print 'ok ',$test++,"\n";
+}
+
+
+my $ip = new NetAddr::IP::Lite('arin.net');
+if (defined $ip) {
+  print "ok $test	# Skipped, resolved $ip\n";
+  $test++;
+} else {
+  print "ok $test	# Skipped, resolver not working\n";
+  $test++;
+}
+
+import NetAddr::IP::Lite qw(:nofqdn);
+
+$ip = new NetAddr::IP::Lite('arin.net');
+print "unexpected response with :nofqdn\nnot "
+	if defined $ip;
+&ok;
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 9753d71..0faa44e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 Lite/t/network.t
 Lite/t/new-nth.t
 Lite/t/new-num.t
+Lite/t/nofqdn.t
 Lite/t/numeric.t
 Lite/t/old-nth.t
 Lite/t/old-num.t
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 3d5e58c..146fe7d 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- #YAML:1.0
 name:                NetAddr-IP
-version:             4.072
+version:             4.073
 abstract:            Manages IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and subnets
 license:             ~
 author: