Improve log message.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Initialize end_time with create_scan. [#354](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd/pull/354)
 - Fix get_count_total(). Accept -1 value set by the server. [#355](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd/pull/355)
 - Fix get_count_total(). Consider 0 value set by the server. [#366](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd/pull/366)
-- Remove exclude hosts which do not belong to the target for the scan progress calculation. [#377](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd/pull/377)
+- Remove exclude hosts which do not belong to the target for the scan progress calculation.
+  [#377](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd/pull/377)
+  [#380](https://github.com/greenbone/ospd/pull/380)
 
 [20.8.2]: https://github.com/greenbone/ospd/compare/v20.8.1...ospd-20.08
 

ospd/scan.py

@@ -449,11 +449,9 @@ def simplify_exclude_host_count(self, scan_id: str) -> int:
 
         if invalid_exc_hosts > 0:
             LOGGER.warning(
-                "Please check the excluded host list. It contains "
-                "hosts which do not belong to the target. %d hosts were "
-                "removed from the excluded host list. This warning can be "
-                "ignored if this was done on purpose.",
-                invalid_exc_hosts,
+                "Please check the excluded host list. It contains hosts which "
+                "do not belong to the target. This warning can be ignored if "
+                "this was done on purpose (e.g. to exclude specific hostname)."
             )
 
         # Set scan_info's excluded simplified to propagate excluded count

tests/test_scan_and_result.py

@@ -1267,10 +1267,8 @@ def test_scan_invalid_excluded_hosts(self):
 
         logging.Logger.warning.assert_called_with(  # pylint: disable=no-member
             "Please check the excluded host list. It contains hosts "
-            "which do not belong to the target. %d hosts were removed from "
-            "the excluded host list. This warning can be ignored if this "
-            "was done on purpose.",
-            254,
+            "which do not belong to the target. This warning can be ignored if "
+            "this was done on purpose (e.g. to exclude specific hostname)."
         )
 
     def test_get_scan_progress_xml(self):