diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 988daefeec800..937107c273022 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs(ArgsManager& argsman)
     argsman.AddArg("-port=<port>", strprintf("Listen for connections on <port>. Nodes not using the default ports (default: %u, testnet: %u, signet: %u, regtest: %u) are unlikely to get incoming connections. Not relevant for I2P (see doc/i2p.md).", defaultChainParams->GetDefaultPort(), testnetChainParams->GetDefaultPort(), signetChainParams->GetDefaultPort(), regtestChainParams->GetDefaultPort()), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-proxy=<ip:port>", "Connect through SOCKS5 proxy, set -noproxy to disable (default: disabled)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DISALLOW_ELISION, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-proxyrandomize", strprintf("Randomize credentials for every proxy connection. This enables Tor stream isolation (default: %u)", DEFAULT_PROXYRANDOMIZE), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-    argsman.AddArg("-seednode=<ip>", "Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect. This option can be specified multiple times to connect to multiple nodes.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+    argsman.AddArg("-seednode=<ip>", "Connect to a node to retrieve peer addresses, and disconnect. This option can be specified multiple times to connect to multiple nodes. During startup, seednodes will be tried before dnsseeds.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-networkactive", "Enable all P2P network activity (default: 1). Can be changed by the setnetworkactive RPC command", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-timeout=<n>", strprintf("Specify socket connection timeout in milliseconds. If an initial attempt to connect is unsuccessful after this amount of time, drop it (minimum: 1, default: %d)", DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
     argsman.AddArg("-peertimeout=<n>", strprintf("Specify a p2p connection timeout delay in seconds. After connecting to a peer, wait this amount of time before considering disconnection based on inactivity (minimum: 1, default: %d)", DEFAULT_PEER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 1f319366a4148..9e9d34b4d229f 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -2185,35 +2185,37 @@ void CConnman::WakeMessageHandler()
 
 void CConnman::ThreadDNSAddressSeed()
 {
-    FastRandomContext rng;
-    std::vector<std::string> seeds = m_params.DNSSeeds();
-    Shuffle(seeds.begin(), seeds.end(), rng);
-    int seeds_right_now = 0; // Number of seeds left before testing if we have enough connections
-    int target_outbound_connections = 2;
+    constexpr int TARGET_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS = 2;
     int outbound_connection_count = 0;
 
-    auto start = NodeClock::now();
     if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-seednode")) {
-        LogPrintf("-seednode enabled. Trying the provided seeds before defaulting to the dnsseeds.\n");
+        auto start = NodeClock::now();
+        constexpr std::chrono::seconds SEEDNODE_TIMEOUT = 30s;
+        LogPrintf("-seednode enabled. Trying the provided seeds for %d seconds before defaulting to the dnsseeds.\n", SEEDNODE_TIMEOUT.count());
         while (!interruptNet) {
             if (!interruptNet.sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(500)))
                 return;
 
             // Abort if we have spent enough time without reaching our target.
             // Giving seed nodes 30 seconds so this does not become a race against fixedseeds (which triggers after 1 min)
-            if (NodeClock::now() > start + 30s) {
+            if (NodeClock::now() > start + SEEDNODE_TIMEOUT) {
                 LogPrintf("Couldn't connect to enough peers via seed nodes. Handing fetch logic to the DNS seeds.\n");
                 break;
             }
 
             outbound_connection_count = GetFullOutboundConnCount();
-            if (outbound_connection_count >= target_outbound_connections) {
-                    LogPrintf("P2P peers available. Finished fetching data from seed nodes.\n");
+            if (outbound_connection_count >= TARGET_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS) {
+                LogPrintf("P2P peers available. Finished fetching data from seed nodes.\n");
                 break;
             }
         }
     }
 
+    FastRandomContext rng;
+    std::vector<std::string> seeds = m_params.DNSSeeds();
+    Shuffle(seeds.begin(), seeds.end(), rng);
+    int seeds_right_now = 0; // Number of seeds left before testing if we have enough connections
+
     if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-forcednsseed", DEFAULT_FORCEDNSSEED)) {
         // When -forcednsseed is provided, query all.
         seeds_right_now = seeds.size();
@@ -2225,7 +2227,7 @@ void CConnman::ThreadDNSAddressSeed()
     }
 
     // Proceed with dnsseeds if seednodes hasn't reached the target or if forcednsseed is set
-    if (outbound_connection_count < target_outbound_connections || seeds_right_now) {
+    if (outbound_connection_count < TARGET_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS || seeds_right_now) {
         // goal: only query DNS seed if address need is acute
         // * If we have a reasonable number of peers in addrman, spend
         //   some time trying them first. This improves user privacy by
@@ -2256,7 +2258,7 @@ void CConnman::ThreadDNSAddressSeed()
                         if (!interruptNet.sleep_for(w)) return;
                         to_wait -= w;
 
-                        if (GetFullOutboundConnCount() >= target_outbound_connections) {
+                        if (GetFullOutboundConnCount() >= TARGET_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS) {
                             if (found > 0) {
                                 LogPrintf("%d addresses found from DNS seeds\n", found);
                                 LogPrintf("P2P peers available. Finished DNS seeding.\n");