diff --git a/website/content/docs/discovery/dns.mdx b/website/content/docs/discovery/dns.mdx
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@@ -469,7 +469,9 @@ options.
## Namespaced/Partitioned Services and Nodes
-Consul Enterprise supports resolving namespaced and partitioned services and nodes via DNS.
+Consul Enterprise supports resolving namespaced and partitioned services via DNS.
+The DNS server in Consul Enterprise can resolve services assigned to namespaces and partitions.
+The DNS server can also resolve nodes assigned to partitions.
To maintain backwards compatibility existing queries can be used and these will
resolve services within the `default` namespace and partition. However, for resolving
services from other namespaces or partitions the following form can be used:
@@ -478,12 +480,18 @@ services from other namespaces or partitions the following form can be used:
[tag.].service..ns..ap..dc.
```
-This is the canonical name of a Consul Enterprise service. Currently at least 2 of
-`[namespace, partition, datacenter]` must be present - in a future version (once the
-[`prefer_namespace` configuration](/docs/agent/config/config-files#dns_prefer_namespace) has been
-deprecated), the namespace, partition and datacenter components will all become optional
-and may be individually omitted to default to the `default` namespace, local partition
-or local datacenter respectively.
+This sequence is the canonical naming convention of a Consul Enterprise service. At least two of the following
+fields must be present:
+* `namespace`
+* `partition`
+* `datacenter`
+
+For node lookups, only the partition and datacenter need to be specified as nodes cannot be
+namespaced.
+
+```text
+[tag.].service..ap..dc.
+```
For node lookups, only the partition and datacenter need to be specified (nodes cannot be
namespaced):