diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
index 7891d778c..6d8c24f4d 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration extends AnnotatedConfig implements ProxyConfi
       "- \"disabled\": No pass-through will be done. The velocity.toml and server-icon.png",
       "              will determine the initial server list ping response.",
       "- \"mods\":     Passes only the mod list from your backend server into the response.",
-      "              This is the recommended replacement for announce-forge = true. If no backend",
-      "              servers can be contacted, Velocity will not display any mod information.",
+      "              The first server in your try list (or forced host) with a mod list will be",
+      "              used. If no backend servers can be contacted, Velocity will not display any",
+      "              mod information.",
       "- \"all\":      Passes everything from the backend server into the response. The Velocity",
       "              configuration is used if no servers could be contacted."
   })
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/StatusSessionHandler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/StatusSessionHandler.java
index 12d54e06a..613271733 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/StatusSessionHandler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/StatusSessionHandler.java
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.StatusRequest;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.StatusResponse;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.server.VelocityRegisteredServer;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
@@ -110,8 +112,11 @@ public class StatusSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     if (passthrough == PingPassthroughMode.DISABLED) {
       return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(constructLocalPing(shownVersion));
     } else {
-      return attemptPingPassthrough(configuration.getPingPassthrough(),
-          configuration.getAttemptConnectionOrder(), shownVersion);
+      String virtualHostStr = inbound.getVirtualHost().map(InetSocketAddress::getHostString)
+          .orElse("");
+      List<String> serversToTry = server.getConfiguration().getForcedHosts().getOrDefault(
+          virtualHostStr, server.getConfiguration().getAttemptConnectionOrder());
+      return attemptPingPassthrough(configuration.getPingPassthrough(), serversToTry, shownVersion);
     }
   }