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@@ -305,6 +305,16 @@ name=str	ASCII name of the job. This may be used to override the
 		special purpose of also signaling the start of a new
 		job.
 
+wait_for=str	Specifies the name of the already defined job to wait
+		for. Single waitee name only may be specified. If set, the job
+		won't be started until all workers of the waitee job are done.
+
+		Wait_for operates on the job name basis, so there are a few
+		limitations. First, the waitee must be defined prior to the
+		waiter job (meaning no forward references). Second, if a job
+		is being referenced as a waitee, it must have a unique name
+		(no duplicate waitees).
+
 description=str	Text description of the job. Doesn't do anything except
 		dump this text description when this job is run. It's
 		not parsed.
@@ -1003,7 +1013,9 @@ random_generator=str	Fio supports the following engines for generating
 		typically good enough. LFSR only works with single
 		block sizes, not with workloads that use multiple block
 		sizes. If used with such a workload, fio may read or write
-		some blocks multiple times.
+		some blocks multiple times. The default value is tausworthe,
+		unless the required space exceeds 2^32 blocks. If it does,
+		then tausworthe64 is selected automatically.
 
 nice=int	Run the job with the given nice value. See man nice(2).