--- inetutils-1.9.4.org/whois/whois.c	2015-03-31 17:40:50.000000000 +0200
+++ inetutils-1.9.4/whois/whois.c	2017-04-20 10:23:38.487358708 +0200
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
   hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
   hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 
-  if ((i = getaddrinfo (server, port ? port : "whois", &hints, &res)) != 0)
+  if ((i = getaddrinfo (server, port ? port : "nicname", &hints, &res)) != 0)
     err_quit ("getaddrinfo: %s", gai_strerror (i));
 
   for (ressave = res; res; res = res->ai_next)