diff --git a/docs/conf/providers/dronebl.example.conf b/docs/conf/providers/dronebl.example.conf
index 12c25fcda..5f3b289b1 100644
--- a/docs/conf/providers/dronebl.example.conf
+++ b/docs/conf/providers/dronebl.example.conf
@@ -8,4 +8,80 @@
        records="3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,19"
        action="zline"
        duration="7d"
-       reason="You are listed in DroneBL. Please visit https://dronebl.org/lookup.do?ip=%ip%&network=%network.url% for more information.">
+       reason="You are listed in DroneBL: %reason%. Please visit https://dronebl.org/lookup.do?ip=%ip%&network=%network.url% for more information.">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="1"
+            description="Testing">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="2"
+            description="Sample data used for heuristical analysis">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="3"
+            description="IRC spam drone (litmus/sdbot/fyle)">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="5"
+            description="Bottler">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="6"
+            description="Unknown worm or spambot">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="7"
+            description="DDoS drone">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="8"
+            description="Open SOCKS proxy">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="9"
+            description="Open HTTP proxy">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="10"
+            description="Proxychain">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="11"
+            description="Webpage proxy">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="12"
+            description="Open DNS resolver">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="13"
+            description="Automated dictionary attack">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="14"
+            description="Open WINGATE proxy">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="15"
+            description="Compromised router / gateway">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="16"
+            description="Autorooting worm">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="17"
+            description="Automatically determined botnet IP">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="18"
+            description="Possibly compromised DNS/MX type hostname detected on IRC">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="19"
+            description="Abused VPN service">
+
+<dnsblreply name="DroneBL"
+            reply="255"
+            description="Uncategorized threat">
diff --git a/docs/conf/providers/efnet-rbl.example.conf b/docs/conf/providers/efnet-rbl.example.conf
index 78dce53cb..0130951dc 100644
--- a/docs/conf/providers/efnet-rbl.example.conf
+++ b/docs/conf/providers/efnet-rbl.example.conf
@@ -8,4 +8,24 @@
        records="1,2,3,4,5"
        action="zline"
        duration="7d"
-       reason="You are listed in the EFnet RBL. Please visit https://rbl.efnetrbl.org/?i=%ip% for more information.">
+       reason="You are listed in the EFnet RBL: %reason%. Please visit https://rbl.efnetrbl.org/?i=%ip% for more information.">
+
+<dnsblreply name="EFnet RBL"
+            reply="1"
+            description="Open proxy">
+
+<dnsblreply name="EFnet RBL"
+            reply="2"
+            description="Spamtrap score of 666">
+
+<dnsblreply name="EFnet RBL"
+            reply="3"
+            description="Spamtrap score of 50+">
+
+<dnsblreply name="EFnet RBL"
+            reply="4"
+            description="Tor exit node">
+
+<dnsblreply name="EFnet RBL"
+            reply="5"
+            description="Drones or flooding">
diff --git a/docs/conf/providers/torexit.example.conf b/docs/conf/providers/torexit.example.conf
index abc35c696..1be1a5b40 100644
--- a/docs/conf/providers/torexit.example.conf
+++ b/docs/conf/providers/torexit.example.conf
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@
        action="zline"
        duration="7d"
        reason="Tor exit nodes are not allowed on this network. See https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/%ip% for more information.">
+
+<dnsblreply name="torexit.dan.me.uk"
+            reply="100"
+            description="Tor exit node">
diff --git a/src/modules/m_dnsbl.cpp b/src/modules/m_dnsbl.cpp
index 737ed2c62..bda050480 100644
--- a/src/modules/m_dnsbl.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/m_dnsbl.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ public:
 	// A range of DNSBL result types to match against.
 	CharState records;
 
+	// A map of DNSBL replies to their descriptions.
+	insp::flat_map<uint32_t, std::string> replies;
+
 	// The message to send to users who's IP address is in a DNSBL.
 	std::string reason;
 
@@ -365,12 +368,16 @@ public:
 
 		if (match)
 		{
+			const auto it = config->replies.find(result);
+			const auto reasonstr = it == config->replies.end() ? INSP_FORMAT("Result {}", result) : it->second;
+
 			const std::string reason = Template::Replace(config->reason, {
 				{ "dnsbl",       config->name                                     },
 				{ "dnsbl.url",   Percent::Encode(config->name)                    },
 				{ "ip",          them->GetAddress()                               },
 				{ "network",     ServerInstance->Config->Network                  },
 				{ "network.url", Percent::Encode(ServerInstance->Config->Network) },
+				{ "reason",      reasonstr                                        },
 				{ "result",      ConvToStr(result)                                },
 			});
 
@@ -421,9 +428,9 @@ public:
 				}
 			}
 
-			ServerInstance->SNO.WriteGlobalSno('d', "{} {} ({}) detected as being on the '{}' DNSBL with result {}{}",
+			ServerInstance->SNO.WriteGlobalSno('d', "{} {} ({}) detected as being on the '{}' DNSBL: {}{}",
 				them->IsFullyConnected() ? "User" : "Connecting user", them->GetRealMask(), them->GetAddress(),
-				config->name, result, them->exempt ? " -- exempt" : "");
+				config->name, reasonstr, them->exempt ? " -- exempt" : "");
 		}
 		else
 			config->stats_misses++;
@@ -594,6 +601,30 @@ public:
 			auto entry = std::make_shared<DNSBLEntry>(this, tag);
 			newdnsbls.push_back(entry);
 		}
+		for (const auto& [_, tag] : ServerInstance->Config->ConfTags("dnsblreply"))
+		{
+			const auto dnsblname = tag->getString("name");
+			auto dnsbl = std::find_if(newdnsbls.begin(), newdnsbls.end(), [&dnsblname](const auto& d)
+			{
+				return insp::equalsci(d->name, dnsblname);
+			});
+			if (dnsbl == newdnsbls.end())
+				throw ModuleException(this, "<dnsblreply:name> must be set to the name of a DNSBL at " + tag->source.str());
+
+			const auto dnsbldesc = tag->getString("description");
+			if (dnsbldesc.empty())
+				throw ModuleException(this, "<dnsblreply:description> must not be empty at " + tag->source.str());
+
+			const auto dnsblreply = tag->getNum<uint32_t>("reply", std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max());
+			if (dnsblreply > 16'777'215)
+			{
+				throw ModuleException(this, INSP_FORMAT("<dnsblreply:reply> ({}) is not a valid DNSBL reply at {}",
+					dnsblreply, tag->source.str()));
+			}
+
+			(*dnsbl)->replies[dnsblreply] = dnsbldesc;
+		}
+
 		data.dnsbls.swap(newdnsbls);
 	}