diff --git a/esphome/helpers.py b/esphome/helpers.py
index a67f2528d4..ea6abff50a 100644
--- a/esphome/helpers.py
+++ b/esphome/helpers.py
@@ -251,8 +251,9 @@ def resolve_ip_address(
             addr_infos = resolver.resolve()
         except EsphomeError as err:
             if not res:
+                # No pre-resolved addresses available, DNS resolution is fatal
                 raise
-            _LOGGER.info("%s (using %d cached IP addresses)", err, len(res))
+            _LOGGER.info("%s (using %d already resolved IP addresses)", err, len(res))
 
         # Convert aioesphomeapi AddrInfo to our format
         for addr_info in addr_infos: