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diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 138208f2..910812fb 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ because ZFS doesn't support it. Default: 'posix'.
 .RE
 .TP
 .BI fadvise_hint \fR=\fPbool
-Disable use of \fIposix_fadvise\fR\|(2) to advise the kernel what I/O patterns
+Use of \fIposix_fadvise\fR\|(2) to advise the kernel what I/O patterns
 are likely to be issued. Default: true.
 .TP
 .BI size \fR=\fPint
@@ -872,6 +872,13 @@ Same as \fBwrite_bw_log\fR, but writes IOPS. If no filename is given with this
 option, the default filename of "jobname_type.log" is used. Even if the
 filename is given, fio will still append the type of log.
 .TP
+.BI log_avg_msec \fR=\fPint
+By default, fio will log an entry in the iops, latency, or bw log for every
+IO that completes. When writing to the disk log, that can quickly grow to a
+very large size. Setting this option makes fio average the each log entry
+over the specified period of time, reducing the resolution of the log.
+Defaults to 0.
+.TP
 .BI disable_lat \fR=\fPbool
 Disable measurements of total latency numbers. Useful only for cutting
 back the number of calls to gettimeofday, as that does impact performance at
@@ -951,6 +958,27 @@ the thread/process does any work.
 .BI gid \fR=\fPint
 Set group ID, see \fBuid\fR.
 .TP
+.BI flow_id \fR=\fPint
+The ID of the flow. If not specified, it defaults to being a global flow. See
+\fBflow\fR.
+.TP
+.BI flow \fR=\fPint
+Weight in token-based flow control. If this value is used, then there is a
+\fBflow counter\fR which is used to regulate the proportion of activity between
+two or more jobs. fio attempts to keep this flow counter near zero. The
+\fBflow\fR parameter stands for how much should be added or subtracted to the
+flow counter on each iteration of the main I/O loop. That is, if one job has
+\fBflow=8\fR and another job has \fBflow=-1\fR, then there will be a roughly
+1:8 ratio in how much one runs vs the other.
+.TP
+.BI flow_watermark \fR=\fPint
+The maximum value that the absolute value of the flow counter is allowed to
+reach before the job must wait for a lower value of the counter.
+.TP
+.BI flow_sleep \fR=\fPint
+The period of time, in microseconds, to wait after the flow watermark has been
+exceeded before retrying operations
+.TP
 .BI clat_percentiles \fR=\fPbool
 Enable the reporting of percentiles of completion latencies.
 .TP