.B #include <ares.h>
.PP
.B typedef void (*ares_host_callback)(void *\fIarg\fP, int \fIstatus\fP,
-.B struct hostent *\fIhostent\fP)
+.B int \fItimeouts\fP, struct hostent *\fIhostent\fP)
.PP
.B void ares_gethostbyname(ares_channel \fIchannel\fP, const char *\fIname\fP,
.B int \fIfamily\fP, ares_host_callback \fIcallback\fP, void *\fIarg\fP)
.I channel
is being destroyed; the query will not be completed.
.PP
+The callback argument
+.I timeouts
+reports how many times a query timed out during the execution of the
+given request.
+.PP
On successful completion of the query, the callback argument
.I hostent
points to a