diff --git a/package/mdnsd/Config.in b/package/mdnsd/Config.in
index c83c090595..f0d3652e1c 100644
--- a/package/mdnsd/Config.in
+++ b/package/mdnsd/Config.in
@@ -3,16 +3,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MDNSD
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	help
 	  Small mDNS-SD daemon for advertising services and device
-	  discovery, similar to Avahi and Bonjour.
+	  discovery, similar to Avahi and Bonjour, at fraction of
+	  the size, ~90 kB.
 
-	  By default, mdnsd runs on all interfaces that support
-	  multicast.  It reads services to announce from
-	  /etc/mdns.d/*.service, a few common services are included
-	  below.  To override the defaults, e.g., path to services,
-	  TTL of multicast frames, or the default interface, set
-	  MDNSD_ARGS in /etc/default/mdnsd
-
-	  Note: currently no NSS integration with GLIBC.
+	  By default, mdnsd acts as a responder on all interfaces
+	  that support multicast.  It works with both IPv4 & IPv6,
+	  advertising services from /etc/mdns.d/*.service (common
+	  services included below).  To override defaults, e.g.,
+	  path to services, TTL of multicast frames, hostname, or
+	  default interface, set MDNSD_ARGS in /etc/default/mdnsd
 
 	  https://github.com/troglobit/mdnsd
 
@@ -22,9 +21,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MDNSD_MQUERY
 	bool "mquery"
 	help
 	  Scan a LAN for mDNS capable devices, or query specific
-	  records, similar to the mdns-scan tool.  Useful for
-	  verifying multicast connectivity or locating neighbors with
-	  link-local address.
+	  records, similar to the mdns-scan and avahi-browse tools.
+	  Useful for verifying multicast connectivity or locating
+	  neighbors with link-local address.
 
 comment "Services to advertise"
 
diff --git a/package/mdnsd/mdnsd.hash b/package/mdnsd/mdnsd.hash
index 6ab0676702..024dc87cc1 100644
--- a/package/mdnsd/mdnsd.hash
+++ b/package/mdnsd/mdnsd.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Upstream sha256 from GitHub
-sha256  1af8742ab82a0af88d99d0b15508358ad4305879ab039631bea889138f5c87e8  mdnsd-0.12.tar.gz
+sha256  b3f242415b2f29c510e709c862126ecab09d77e8dc1eecf1aefef879bce29003  mdnsd-1.1.tar.gz
 
 # Locally computed
-sha256  2969546227b58ce1b431cc4c36c9a9b45d604e6b94fb8b787ea5d3696f3eee3b  LICENSE
+sha256  89a722240ac1fdc0366696eaa5469968397ae274a0003e09a88d0686eeb3cd3e  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/mdnsd/mdnsd.mk b/package/mdnsd/mdnsd.mk
index f5a5fb93fb..c938890508 100644
--- a/package/mdnsd/mdnsd.mk
+++ b/package/mdnsd/mdnsd.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-MDNSD_VERSION = 0.12
+MDNSD_VERSION = 1.1
 MDNSD_SITE = https://github.com/troglobit/mdnsd/releases/download/v$(MDNSD_VERSION)
 MDNSD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 MDNSD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE