diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c3cfcba671..98a3633e0b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+6290.	[bug]		Dig +yaml will now report "no servers could be reached"
+			also for UDP setup failure when no other servers or
+			tries are left. [GL #1229]
+
 6289.	[test]		Remove legacy system test runner in favor of pytest.
 			[GL #4251]
 
diff --git a/bin/dig/dighost.c b/bin/dig/dighost.c
index f364147e74..0dd7b3a825 100644
--- a/bin/dig/dighost.c
+++ b/bin/dig/dighost.c
@@ -3205,6 +3205,7 @@ udp_ready(isc_nmhandle_t *handle, isc_result_t eresult, void *arg) {
 			start_udp(next);
 			check_if_done();
 		} else {
+			dighost_error("no servers could be reached\n");
 			clear_current_lookup();
 		}