RFC 2732 mentioned

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 .SH ARGUMENT
 .IP hostname[:port]
-Name of the server to test. For HTTP, you can specify a port number.
+Name (or address) of the server to test. For HTTP, you can specify a
+port number. For HTTP and IPv6, you can use RFC 2732 syntax (you will
+probably need to escape the brackets from the shell).

 .SH OPTIONS
 .IP -v