Index: telnet-bsd-1.2/telnet/commands.c
===================================================================
--- telnet-bsd-1.2.orig/telnet/commands.c
+++ telnet-bsd-1.2/telnet/commands.c
@@ -2450,17 +2450,21 @@ tn (int argc, char *argv[])
 	  error = getaddrinfo (aliasp, "0", &ahints, &ares);
 	  if (error)
 	    {
+	      printf ("Couldn't get address for %s\n", aliasp);
 	      warn ("%s: %s", aliasp, gai_strerror (error));
 	      close (net);
-	      freeaddrinfo (ares);
+	      net = -1;
 	      continue;
 	    }
 
 	  if (bind (net, ares->ai_addr, ares->ai_addrlen) < 0)
 	    {
+	      printf ("Couldn't bind to %s\n", aliasp);
 	      perror (aliasp);
 	      close (net);	/* dump descriptor */
-	      return 0;
+	      net = -1;
+	      freeaddrinfo (ares);
+	      continue;
 	    }
 	  freeaddrinfo (ares);
 	}
Index: telnet-bsd-1.2/telnet/telnet.1
===================================================================
--- telnet-bsd-1.2.orig/telnet/telnet.1
+++ telnet-bsd-1.2/telnet/telnet.1
@@ -121,12 +121,11 @@ The name used is that of the current use
 .Xr getlogin 2
 if it agrees with the current user ID,
 otherwise it is the name associated with the user ID.
-.It Fl b Ar hostalias
+.It Fl b Ar ip_address
 Uses
 .Xr bind 2
-on the local socket to bind it to an aliased address (see
-.Xr ifconfig 8
-and the ``alias'' specifier) or to the address of
+on the local socket to bind it to an aliased ip address
+or to the ip address of
 another interface than the one naturally chosen by
 .Xr connect 2 .
 This can be useful when connecting to services which use IP addresses