[DOCS] Clarify calling non-whitelisted namespace (#20704)

Co-authored-by: Felix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>
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@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ The default listening port is 8545. You can customize address and port using the
geth --rpc --rpcport 3334 geth --rpc --rpcport 3334
JSON-RPC method namespaces must be whitelisted in order to be available through JSON-RPC method namespaces must be whitelisted in order to be available through
the HTTP server. The default whitelist allows access to the "eth" and "shh" the HTTP server. An RPC error with error code `-32602` is generated if you call a
namespaces. To enable access to other APIs like account management ("personal") namespace that isn't whitelisted. The default whitelist allows access to the "eth"
and "shh" namespaces. To enable access to other APIs like account management ("personal")
and debugging ("debug"), they must be configured via the `--rpcapi` flag. We do and debugging ("debug"), they must be configured via the `--rpcapi` flag. We do
not recommend enabling such APIs over HTTP, however, since access to these not recommend enabling such APIs over HTTP, however, since access to these
methods increases the attack surface. methods increases the attack surface.

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