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[3.8] bpo-39616: clarify SSLContext.check_hostname effect (GH-18484) #25037

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Expand Up @@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ to speed up repeated connections from the same clients.

.. attribute:: SSLContext.check_hostname

Whether to match the peer cert's hostname with :func:`match_hostname` in
Whether to match the peer cert's hostname in
:meth:`SSLSocket.do_handshake`. The context's
:attr:`~SSLContext.verify_mode` must be set to :data:`CERT_OPTIONAL` or
:data:`CERT_REQUIRED`, and you must pass *server_hostname* to
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