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whois.1: document the default for Verisign queries

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@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ Return the verbose template for a object of \fITYPE\fP.
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Search for only exact match on network address prefix.
.SH "NOTES"
When querying the Verisign gTLDs (e.g. .com, .net...) thin registry servers
for a domain the program will automatically prepend the \fIdomain\fP
keyword to only show domain records.
The \fInameserver\fP or \fIregistrar\fP keywords must be used to show
other kinds of records.
.P
When querying \fIwhois.arin.net\fP for IPv4 or IPv6 networks, the CIDR
netmask length will be automatically removed from the query string.