diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/upstreams.go b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/upstreams.go
index eb5845fc..5b1ba129 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/upstreams.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/reverseproxy/upstreams.go
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ func (SRVUpstreams) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 	}
 }
 
-// String returns the RFC 2782 representation of the SRV domain.
-func (su SRVUpstreams) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("_%s._%s.%s", su.Service, su.Proto, su.Name)
-}
-
 func (su *SRVUpstreams) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
 	su.logger = ctx.Logger(su)
 	if su.Refresh == 0 {
@@ -109,11 +104,11 @@ func (su *SRVUpstreams) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (su SRVUpstreams) GetUpstreams(r *http.Request) ([]*Upstream, error) {
-	suStr := su.String()
+	suAddr, service, proto, name := su.expandedAddr(r)
 
 	// first, use a cheap read-lock to return a cached result quickly
 	srvsMu.RLock()
-	cached := srvs[suStr]
+	cached := srvs[suAddr]
 	srvsMu.RUnlock()
 	if cached.isFresh() {
 		return cached.upstreams, nil
@@ -126,17 +121,11 @@ func (su SRVUpstreams) GetUpstreams(r *http.Request) ([]*Upstream, error) {
 	// check to see if it's still stale, since we're now in a different
 	// lock from when we first checked freshness; another goroutine might
 	// have refreshed it in the meantime before we re-obtained our lock
-	cached = srvs[suStr]
+	cached = srvs[suAddr]
 	if cached.isFresh() {
 		return cached.upstreams, nil
 	}
 
-	// prepare parameters and perform the SRV lookup
-	repl := r.Context().Value(caddy.ReplacerCtxKey).(*caddy.Replacer)
-	service := repl.ReplaceAll(su.Service, "")
-	proto := repl.ReplaceAll(su.Proto, "")
-	name := repl.ReplaceAll(su.Name, "")
-
 	su.logger.Debug("refreshing SRV upstreams",
 		zap.String("service", service),
 		zap.String("proto", proto),
@@ -172,7 +161,7 @@ func (su SRVUpstreams) GetUpstreams(r *http.Request) ([]*Upstream, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	srvs[suStr] = srvLookup{
+	srvs[suAddr] = srvLookup{
 		srvUpstreams: su,
 		freshness:    time.Now(),
 		upstreams:    upstreams,
@@ -181,6 +170,37 @@ func (su SRVUpstreams) GetUpstreams(r *http.Request) ([]*Upstream, error) {
 	return upstreams, nil
 }
 
+func (su SRVUpstreams) String() string {
+	if su.Service == "" && su.Proto == "" {
+		return su.Name
+	}
+	return su.formattedAddr(su.Service, su.Proto, su.Name)
+}
+
+// expandedAddr expands placeholders in the configured SRV domain labels.
+// The return values are: addr, the RFC 2782 representation of the SRV domain;
+// service, the service; proto, the protocol; and name, the name.
+// If su.Service and su.Proto are empty, name will be returned as addr instead.
+func (su SRVUpstreams) expandedAddr(r *http.Request) (addr, service, proto, name string) {
+	repl := r.Context().Value(caddy.ReplacerCtxKey).(*caddy.Replacer)
+	name = repl.ReplaceAll(su.Name, "")
+	if su.Service == "" && su.Proto == "" {
+		addr = name
+		name = ""
+		return
+	}
+	service = repl.ReplaceAll(su.Service, "")
+	proto = repl.ReplaceAll(su.Proto, "")
+	addr = su.formattedAddr(service, proto, name)
+	return
+}
+
+// formattedAddr the RFC 2782 representation of the SRV domain, in
+// the form "_service._proto.name".
+func (SRVUpstreams) formattedAddr(service, proto, name string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("_%s._%s.%s", service, proto, name)
+}
+
 type srvLookup struct {
 	srvUpstreams SRVUpstreams
 	freshness    time.Time
@@ -234,8 +254,6 @@ func (AUpstreams) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
 	}
 }
 
-func (au AUpstreams) String() string { return au.Name }
-
 func (au *AUpstreams) Provision(_ caddy.Context) error {
 	if au.Refresh == 0 {
 		au.Refresh = caddy.Duration(time.Minute)
@@ -270,7 +288,8 @@ func (au *AUpstreams) Provision(_ caddy.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (au AUpstreams) GetUpstreams(r *http.Request) ([]*Upstream, error) {
-	auStr := au.String()
+	repl := r.Context().Value(caddy.ReplacerCtxKey).(*caddy.Replacer)
+	auStr := repl.ReplaceAll(au.String(), "")
 
 	// first, use a cheap read-lock to return a cached result quickly
 	aAaaaMu.RLock()
@@ -292,7 +311,6 @@ func (au AUpstreams) GetUpstreams(r *http.Request) ([]*Upstream, error) {
 		return cached.upstreams, nil
 	}
 
-	repl := r.Context().Value(caddy.ReplacerCtxKey).(*caddy.Replacer)
 	name := repl.ReplaceAll(au.Name, "")
 	port := repl.ReplaceAll(au.Port, "")
 
@@ -325,6 +343,8 @@ func (au AUpstreams) GetUpstreams(r *http.Request) ([]*Upstream, error) {
 	return upstreams, nil
 }
 
+func (au AUpstreams) String() string { return au.Name }
+
 type aLookup struct {
 	aUpstreams AUpstreams
 	freshness  time.Time