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Reword `udp_answer_limit` for the better.

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* <a name="udp_answer_limit"></a><a
href="#udp_answer_limit">`udp_answer_limit`</a> - Limit the number of
resource records contained in the answer section of a UDP-based DNS
response. The default number of resource records returned is `3`. In
environments where
response. When answering a question, Consul will use the complete list of
matching hosts, shuffle the list randomly, and then limit the number of
answers to `udp_answer_limit` (default `3`). In environments where
[RFC 3484 Section 6](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3484#section-6) Rule 9
is implemented and enforced (i.e. DNS answers are always sorted and
therefore never random), clients may need to set this value to `1` to
preserve round-robin DNS (note: [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3484](RFC
3484) has been obsoleted by [RFC 6724](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6724)
and as a result it should be increasingly uncommon to need to change this
value with modern resolvers).
preserve the expected randomized distribution behavior (note:
[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3484](RFC 3484) has been obsoleted by
[RFC 6724](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6724) and as a result it should
be increasingly uncommon to need to change this value with modern
resolvers).
* <a name="domain"></a><a href="#domain">`domain`</a> Equivalent to the
[`-domain` command-line flag](#_domain).