diff --git a/plugins/ipam/dhcp/README.md b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/README.md
index 0ec4c4cb..8b46180f 100644
--- a/plugins/ipam/dhcp/README.md
+++ b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ $ ./dhcp daemon
 
 If given `-pidfile <path>` arguments after 'daemon', the dhcp plugin will write
 its PID to the given file.
-If given `-hostprefix <prefix>` arguments after 'daemon', the dhcp plugin will use this prefix for netns as `<prefix>/<original netns>`. It could be used in case of running dhcp daemon as container.
+If given `-hostprefix <prefix>` arguments after 'daemon', the dhcp plugin will use this prefix for DHCP socket as `<prefix>/run/cni/dhcp.sock`. You can use this prefix for references to the host filesystem, e.g. to access netns and the unix socket.
 
 Alternatively, you can use systemd socket activation protocol.
 Be sure that the .socket file uses /run/cni/dhcp.sock as the socket path.
diff --git a/plugins/ipam/dhcp/daemon.go b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/daemon.go
index 4d1c1a6f..aeb87aaa 100644
--- a/plugins/ipam/dhcp/daemon.go
+++ b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/daemon.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func runDaemon(pidfilePath string, hostPrefix string, socketPath string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	l, err := getListener(socketPath)
+	l, err := getListener(hostPrefix + socketPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error getting listener: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/ipam/dhcp/main.go b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/main.go
index f7149db6..695ce000 100644
--- a/plugins/ipam/dhcp/main.go
+++ b/plugins/ipam/dhcp/main.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func main() {
 		var socketPath string
 		daemonFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("daemon", flag.ExitOnError)
 		daemonFlags.StringVar(&pidfilePath, "pidfile", "", "optional path to write daemon PID to")
-		daemonFlags.StringVar(&hostPrefix, "hostprefix", "", "optional prefix to netns")
+		daemonFlags.StringVar(&hostPrefix, "hostprefix", "", "optional prefix to host root")
 		daemonFlags.StringVar(&socketPath, "socketpath", "", "optional dhcp server socketpath")
 		daemonFlags.Parse(os.Args[2:])