To me, that sentence reads as that it's possible for a CNAME to point to an IP, but that someone has a need to point it to a domain. Which makes the sentence in

To me, that sentence reads as that it's possible for a CNAME to point to an IP, but that someone has a need to point it to a domain. Which makes the sentence incorrect, since it assumes something impossible, and explains hacknat's urge to correct it.