bpo-39616: clarify SSLContext.check_hostname effect (GH-18484)

It doesn't actually affect whether match_hostname() is called (it
never is in this context any longer), but whether hostname
verification occurs in the first place.
(cherry picked from commit 9798cef92b)

Co-authored-by: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
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@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ to speed up repeated connections from the same clients.
.. attribute:: SSLContext.check_hostname
Whether to match the peer cert's hostname with :func:`match_hostname` in
Whether to match the peer cert's hostname in
:meth:`SSLSocket.do_handshake`. The context's
:attr:`~SSLContext.verify_mode` must be set to :data:`CERT_OPTIONAL` or
:data:`CERT_REQUIRED`, and you must pass *server_hostname* to