diff --git a/cli/server/new.go b/cli/server/new.go
index 249fa503..0faf40ab 100644
--- a/cli/server/new.go
+++ b/cli/server/new.go
@@ -96,9 +96,18 @@ Please note, this server is not managed by Abra yet (i.e. "abra server ls" will
 not list this server)! You will need to assign a domain name record ("abra
 record new") and add the server to your Abra configuration ("abra server add")
 to have a working server that you can deploy Co-op Cloud apps to.
+
+When setting up domain name records, you probably want to set up the following
+2 A records. This supports deploying apps to your root domain (e.g.
+example.com) and other apps on sub-domains (e.g. foo.example.com,
+bar.example.com).
+
+    @  1800 IN A %s
+    *  1800 IN A %s
+
 	`,
 		internal.HetznerCloudName, ip, rootPassword,
-		ip,
+		ip, ip, ip,
 	))
 
 	return nil
@@ -169,6 +178,15 @@ Please note, this server is not managed by Abra yet (i.e. "abra server ls" will
 not list this server)! You will need to assign a domain name record ("abra
 record new") and add the server to your Abra configuration ("abra server add")
 to have a working server that you can deploy Co-op Cloud apps to.
+
+When setting up domain name records, you probably want to set up the following
+2 A records. This supports deploying apps to your root domain (e.g.
+example.com) and other apps on sub-domains (e.g. foo.example.com,
+bar.example.com).
+
+    @  1800 IN A <your-capsul-ip>
+    *  1800 IN A <your-capsul-ip>
+
 	`, internal.CapsulName, resp.ID, internal.CapsulInstanceURL))
 
 	return nil