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[doc] Fix gethostbyname_ex description (GH-28700) (GH-28742)

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It seems part of `gethostbyname_ex` doc was copied from `gethostbyaddr`. The latter has an `ip_address` parameter whereas the former doesn't.
(cherry picked from commit 4103280b83)

Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
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@ -827,8 +827,8 @@ The :mod:`socket` module also offers various network-related services:
.. function:: gethostbyname_ex(hostname)
Translate a host name to IPv4 address format, extended interface. Return a
triple ``(hostname, aliaslist, ipaddrlist)`` where *hostname* is the primary
host name responding to the given *ip_address*, *aliaslist* is a (possibly
triple ``(hostname, aliaslist, ipaddrlist)`` where *hostname* is the host's
primary host name, *aliaslist* is a (possibly
empty) list of alternative host names for the same address, and *ipaddrlist* is
a list of IPv4 addresses for the same interface on the same host (often but not
always a single address). :func:`gethostbyname_ex` does not support IPv6 name