diff --git a/dns-request.js b/dns-request.js
index d866191..76fc81c 100644
--- a/dns-request.js
+++ b/dns-request.js
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ var dnsjs = require('dns-suite');
 var crypto = require('crypto');
 var dgram = require('dgram');
 
+var RCODES = {
+  0: 'NOERROR'
+, 3: 'NXDOMAIN'
+, 5: 'REFUSED'
+};
+
 function logQuestion(packet) {
   var flags = "";
 
   // TODO opcode 0 QUERY rcode 0 NOERROR
-  console.info(';; ->>HEADER<<- [opcode: ' + packet.header.opcode + ', status: ' + packet.header.rcode + '], id: ' + packet.header.id);
+  console.info(';; ->>HEADER<<- [opcode: ' + packet.header.opcode + ', status: ' + (RCODES[packet.header.rcode] || packet.header.rcode) + '], id: ' + packet.header.id);
   if (packet.header.tc) { console.info("Truncated [tc] (we don't know the normal way to print a tc packet... you should record this with -o tc-packet.dig and send it to us)"); }
   flags += ";; flags:";
   if (packet.header.qr) { flags += " qr"; }