1 files changed, 11 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/parse/parse.go b/plugin/pkg/parse/parse.go
index 356d6c21c..300a57a8b 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/parse/parse.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/parse/parse.go
@@ -8,41 +8,31 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/pkg/transport"
 )
 
-// Transfer parses transfer statements: 'transfer [to|from] [address...]'.
-func Transfer(c *caddy.Controller, secondary bool) (tos, froms []string, err error) {
+// TransferIn parses transfer statements: 'transfer from [address...]'.
+func TransferIn(c *caddy.Controller) (froms []string, err error) {
 	if !c.NextArg() {
-		return nil, nil, c.ArgErr()
+		return nil, c.ArgErr()
 	}
 	value := c.Val()
 	switch value {
-	case "to":
-		tos = c.RemainingArgs()
-		for i := range tos {
-			if tos[i] != "*" {
-				normalized, err := HostPort(tos[i], transport.Port)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, nil, err
-				}
-				tos[i] = normalized
-			}
-		}
-
+	default:
+		return nil, c.Errf("unknown property %s", value)
 	case "from":
-		if !secondary {
-			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("can't use `transfer from` when not being a secondary")
-		}
 		froms = c.RemainingArgs()
+		if len(froms) == 0 {
+			return nil, c.ArgErr()
+		}
 		for i := range froms {
 			if froms[i] != "*" {
 				normalized, err := HostPort(froms[i], transport.Port)
 				if err != nil {
-					return nil, nil, err
+					return nil, err
 				}
 				froms[i] = normalized
 			} else {
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("can't use '*' in transfer from")
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't use '*' in transfer from")
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return
+	return froms, nil
 }