diff --git a/plugin/traffic/HACKING.md b/plugin/traffic/HACKING.md
index 5fd2faf0d..d17a52259 100644
--- a/plugin/traffic/HACKING.md
+++ b/plugin/traffic/HACKING.md
@@ -43,16 +43,8 @@ example.org {
 
 Start CoreDNS (`coredns -conf Corefile -dns.port=1053`), and see logging/debugging flow by; the
 test binary should also spew out a bunch of things. CoreDNS willl build up a list of cluster and
-endpoints. Next you can query it:
-
-~~~ sh
-% dig @localhost -p 1053 cluster-v0-0.example.org A
-;; QUESTION SECTION:
-;cluster-v0-0.example.org.	IN	A
-
-;; ANSWER SECTION:
-cluster-v0-0.example.org. 5	IN	A	127.0.0.1
-~~~
+endpoints. Next you can query it. Note none of the endpoints are HEALTHY so you'll mostly get NODATA
+responses, instead of actual records.
 
 Note: the xds/test binary is a go-control-plane binary with added debugging that I'm using for
 testing.