From d547b004c4bfbaf8494a011831c2617212fd5dd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dmiller <dmiller@e0a8ed71-7df4-0310-8962-fdc924857419>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:02:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Document the --unique option. Fixes #2348

---
 docs/refguide.xml | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/refguide.xml b/docs/refguide.xml
index bdadb07b8..13cbc8545 100644
--- a/docs/refguide.xml
+++ b/docs/refguide.xml
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ you would expect.</para>
           <indexterm><primary><option>-R</option></primary></indexterm>
         </term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Tells Nmap to 
+          <para>Tells Nmap to
           <emphasis>always</emphasis> do reverse DNS
           resolution on the target IP addresses. Normally reverse DNS is
           only performed against responsive (online) hosts.</para>
@@ -371,6 +371,20 @@ you would expect.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          <option>--unique</option> (Scan each address only once)
+          <indexterm><primary><option>--unique</option></primary></indexterm>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Scan each IP address only once. The default behavior is to scan
+            each address as many times as it is specified in the target list,
+            such as when network ranges overlap or different hostnames resolve
+            to the same address.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
           <option>--system-dns</option> (Use system DNS resolver)