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+<!--
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+If your pull request adds new features or changes existing ones please use the latest release/* branch as the base.
+
+Documentation updates (including new themes) can be submitted to the main branch.
+
+-->
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 ```
 
 ### Monitor
-Display a list of sites and whether they are reachable (online) or not. This is determined by sending a HEAD request to the specified URL, if the response is 200 then the site is OK. The time it took to receive a response is also shown in milliseconds.
+Display a list of sites and whether they are reachable (online) or not. This is determined by sending a GET request to the specified URL, if the response is 200 then the site is OK. The time it took to receive a response is also shown in milliseconds.
 
 Example: