Merge #19802: doc: elaborate on release notes wrt netmasks

8de51d1513 doc: elaborate on release notes wrt netmasks (Vasil Dimov)

Pull request description:

  doc: elaborate on release notes wrt netmasks

  A minor followup from https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19628#issuecomment-679958713.

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Wladimir J. van der Laan 4 years ago
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@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ Updated settings
- Netmasks that contain 1-bits after 0-bits (the 1-bits are not contiguous on
the left side, e.g. 255.0.255.255) are no longer accepted. They are invalid
according to RFC 4632.
according to RFC 4632. Netmasks are used in the `-rpcallowip` and `-whitelist`
configuration options and in the `setban` RPC. (#19628)
Changes to Wallet or GUI related settings can be found in the GUI or Wallet section below.

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