diff --git a/dns/dnsmessage/message.go b/dns/dnsmessage/message.go
index 624f9b6..0ab4aab 100644
--- a/dns/dnsmessage/message.go
+++ b/dns/dnsmessage/message.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 	errTooManyAuthorities = errors.New("too many Authorities to pack (>65535)")
 	errTooManyAdditionals = errors.New("too many Additionals to pack (>65535)")
 	errNonCanonicalName   = errors.New("name is not in canonical format (it must end with a .)")
+	errStringTooLong      = errors.New("character string exceeds maximum length (255)")
 )
 
 // Internal constants.
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@
 	return 0
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the header to msg.
 func (h *header) pack(msg []byte) []byte {
 	msg = packUint16(msg, h.id)
 	msg = packUint16(msg, h.bits)
@@ -280,6 +282,7 @@
 	realType() Type
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the Resource to msg.
 func (r *Resource) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) ([]byte, error) {
 	if r.Body == nil {
 		return msg, errNilResouceBody
@@ -1311,9 +1314,10 @@
 	Length uint16
 }
 
-// pack packs all of the fields in a ResourceHeader except for the length. The
-// length bytes are returned as a slice so they can be filled in after the rest
-// of the Resource has been packed.
+// pack appends the wire format of the ResourceHeader to oldMsg.
+//
+// The bytes where length was packed are returned as a slice so they can be
+// updated after the rest of the Resource has been packed.
 func (h *ResourceHeader) pack(oldMsg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) (msg []byte, length []byte, err error) {
 	msg = oldMsg
 	if msg, err = h.Name.pack(msg, compression, compressionOff); err != nil {
@@ -1385,6 +1389,7 @@
 	return newOff, nil
 }
 
+// packUint16 appends the wire format of field to msg.
 func packUint16(msg []byte, field uint16) []byte {
 	return append(msg, byte(field>>8), byte(field))
 }
@@ -1403,6 +1408,7 @@
 	return off + uint16Len, nil
 }
 
+// packType appends the wire format of field to msg.
 func packType(msg []byte, field Type) []byte {
 	return packUint16(msg, uint16(field))
 }
@@ -1416,6 +1422,7 @@
 	return skipUint16(msg, off)
 }
 
+// packClass appends the wire format of field to msg.
 func packClass(msg []byte, field Class) []byte {
 	return packUint16(msg, uint16(field))
 }
@@ -1429,6 +1436,7 @@
 	return skipUint16(msg, off)
 }
 
+// packUint32 appends the wire format of field to msg.
 func packUint32(msg []byte, field uint32) []byte {
 	return append(
 		msg,
@@ -1454,17 +1462,16 @@
 	return off + uint32Len, nil
 }
 
-func packText(msg []byte, field string) []byte {
-	for len(field) > 0 {
-		l := len(field)
-		if l > 255 {
-			l = 255
-		}
-		msg = append(msg, byte(l))
-		msg = append(msg, field[:l]...)
-		field = field[l:]
+// packText appends the wire format of field to msg.
+func packText(msg []byte, field string) ([]byte, error) {
+	l := len(field)
+	if l > 255 {
+		return nil, errStringTooLong
 	}
-	return msg
+	msg = append(msg, byte(l))
+	msg = append(msg, field...)
+
+	return msg, nil
 }
 
 func unpackText(msg []byte, off int) (string, int, error) {
@@ -1490,6 +1497,7 @@
 	return endOff, nil
 }
 
+// packBytes appends the wire format of field to msg.
 func packBytes(msg []byte, field []byte) []byte {
 	return append(msg, field...)
 }
@@ -1534,7 +1542,7 @@
 	return string(n.Data[:n.Length])
 }
 
-// pack packs a domain name.
+// pack appends the wire format of the Name to msg.
 //
 // Domain names are a sequence of counted strings split at the dots. They end
 // with a zero-length string. Compression can be used to reuse domain suffixes.
@@ -1716,6 +1724,7 @@
 	Class Class
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the Question to msg.
 func (q *Question) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) ([]byte, error) {
 	msg, err := q.Name.pack(msg, compression, compressionOff)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1796,6 +1805,7 @@
 	return TypeCNAME
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the CNAMEResource to msg.
 func (r *CNAMEResource) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) ([]byte, error) {
 	return r.CNAME.pack(msg, compression, compressionOff)
 }
@@ -1818,6 +1828,7 @@
 	return TypeMX
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the MXResource to msg.
 func (r *MXResource) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) ([]byte, error) {
 	oldMsg := msg
 	msg = packUint16(msg, r.Pref)
@@ -1849,6 +1860,7 @@
 	return TypeNS
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the NSResource to msg.
 func (r *NSResource) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) ([]byte, error) {
 	return r.NS.pack(msg, compression, compressionOff)
 }
@@ -1870,6 +1882,7 @@
 	return TypePTR
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the PTRResource to msg.
 func (r *PTRResource) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) ([]byte, error) {
 	return r.PTR.pack(msg, compression, compressionOff)
 }
@@ -1901,6 +1914,7 @@
 	return TypeSOA
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the SOAResource to msg.
 func (r *SOAResource) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) ([]byte, error) {
 	oldMsg := msg
 	msg, err := r.NS.pack(msg, compression, compressionOff)
@@ -1953,19 +1967,28 @@
 
 // A TXTResource is a TXT Resource record.
 type TXTResource struct {
-	Txt string // Not a domain name.
+	TXT []string
 }
 
 func (r *TXTResource) realType() Type {
 	return TypeTXT
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the TXTResource to msg.
 func (r *TXTResource) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) ([]byte, error) {
-	return packText(msg, r.Txt), nil
+	oldMsg := msg
+	for _, s := range r.TXT {
+		var err error
+		msg, err = packText(msg, s)
+		if err != nil {
+			return oldMsg, err
+		}
+	}
+	return msg, nil
 }
 
 func unpackTXTResource(msg []byte, off int, length uint16) (TXTResource, error) {
-	var txt string
+	txts := make([]string, 0, 1)
 	for n := uint16(0); n < length; {
 		var t string
 		var err error
@@ -1977,9 +2000,9 @@
 			return TXTResource{}, errCalcLen
 		}
 		n += uint16(len(t)) + 1
-		txt += t
+		txts = append(txts, t)
 	}
-	return TXTResource{txt}, nil
+	return TXTResource{txts}, nil
 }
 
 // An SRVResource is an SRV Resource record.
@@ -1994,6 +2017,7 @@
 	return TypeSRV
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the SRVResource to msg.
 func (r *SRVResource) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) ([]byte, error) {
 	oldMsg := msg
 	msg = packUint16(msg, r.Priority)
@@ -2035,6 +2059,7 @@
 	return TypeA
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the AResource to msg.
 func (r *AResource) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) ([]byte, error) {
 	return packBytes(msg, r.A[:]), nil
 }
@@ -2056,6 +2081,7 @@
 	return TypeAAAA
 }
 
+// pack appends the wire format of the AAAAResource to msg.
 func (r *AAAAResource) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]int, compressionOff int) ([]byte, error) {
 	return packBytes(msg, r.AAAA[:]), nil
 }
diff --git a/dns/dnsmessage/message_test.go b/dns/dnsmessage/message_test.go
index d4eca26..c143d7e 100644
--- a/dns/dnsmessage/message_test.go
+++ b/dns/dnsmessage/message_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -444,7 +445,15 @@
 			Type:  TypeTXT,
 			Class: ClassINET,
 		},
-		&TXTResource{loremIpsum},
+		&TXTResource{[]string{
+			"",
+			"",
+			"foo bar",
+			"",
+			"www.example.com",
+			"www.example.com.",
+			strings.Repeat(".", 255),
+		}},
 	}
 	buf, err := want.pack(make([]byte, 0, 8000), map[string]int{}, 0)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -468,6 +477,13 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTooLongTxt(t *testing.T) {
+	rb := TXTResource{[]string{strings.Repeat(".", 256)}}
+	if _, err := rb.pack(make([]byte, 0, 8000), map[string]int{}, 0); err != errStringTooLong {
+		t.Errorf("Packing TXTRecord with 256 character string: got err = %v, want = %v", err, errStringTooLong)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStartAppends(t *testing.T) {
 	buf := make([]byte, 2, 514)
 	wantBuf := []byte{4, 44}
@@ -1084,7 +1100,7 @@
 					Type:  TypeTXT,
 					Class: ClassINET,
 				},
-				&TXTResource{"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"},
+				&TXTResource{[]string{"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"}},
 			},
 			{
 				ResourceHeader{
@@ -1092,139 +1108,8 @@
 					Type:  TypeTXT,
 					Class: ClassINET,
 				},
-				&TXTResource{"Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie"},
+				&TXTResource{[]string{"Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie"}},
 			},
 		},
 	}
 }
-
-const loremIpsum = `
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-magna signiferumque ex vis. Mei no aperiri dissentias, cu vel quas
-regione. Malorum quaeque vim ut, eum cu semper aliquid invidunt, ei
-nam ipsum assentior.
-
-Nostrum appellantur usu no, vis ex probatus adipiscing. Cu usu illum
-facilis eleifend. Iusto conceptam complectitur vim id. Tale omnesque
-no usu, ei oblique sadipscing vim. At nullam voluptua usu, mei laudem
-reformidans et. Qui ei eros porro reformidans, ius suas veritus
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-suscipiantur in mei. Ex nam meliore complectitur. Ut nam omnis
-honestatis quaerendum, ea mea nihil affert detracto, ad vix rebum
-mollis.
-
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-vim. An habemus comprehensam usu, at enim dignissim pro. Eam reque
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-nam at.
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