user@PWM:~$ nslookup host.sdomain.local
Server:         127.0.1.1
Address:        127.0.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   host.sdomain.local
Address: 172.16.22.12

user@PWM:~$ ping host.sdomain.local
ping: unknown host host.sdomain.local

cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.1.1
search domain.local


@PWM:~$ ping host
PING host.domain.local (172.16.5.30) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from host.domain.local (172.16.20.30): icmp_seq=1 ttl=127 time=0.715 ms