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Add a note that --min-hostgroup and --max-hostgroup do not affect ping scans, after a suggestion by Brandon Enright.

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@ -2099,6 +2099,11 @@ left on a given interface to fulfill the specified minimum. Both may
be set to keep the group size within a specific range, though this is
rarely desired.</para>
<para>These options do not have an effect during the host discovery
phase of a scan. This includes plain ping scans (<option>-sP</option>).
Host discovery always works in large groups of hosts to improve speed
and accuracy.</para>
<para>The primary use of these options is to specify a large minimum
group size so that the full scan runs more quickly. A common choice
is 256 to scan a network in Class C sized chunks. For a scan with