doc: fix random_distribution Gaussian parameter name

[fio.git] / HOWTO

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 012bca84e9cceb6c438440da0ad406da1c7bcc02..d2acd8fbd38ef4648f97ff5c743381de60b87b86 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -1090,11 +1090,13 @@ I/O type
 
 .. option:: offset=int
 
-       Start I/O at the provided offset in the file, given as either a fixed size or
-       a percentage. If a percentage is given, the next ``blockalign``-ed offset
-       will be used. Data before the given offset will not be touched. This
+       Start I/O at the provided offset in the file, given as either a fixed size in
+       bytes or a percentage. If a percentage is given, the next ``blockalign``-ed
+       offset will be used. Data before the given offset will not be touched. This
        effectively caps the file size at `real_size - offset`. Can be combined with
        :option:`size` to constrain the start and end range of the I/O workload.
+       A percentage can be specified by a number between 1 and 100 followed by '%',
+       for example, ``offset=20%`` to specify 20%.
 
 .. option:: offset_increment=int
 
@@ -1202,7 +1204,7 @@ I/O type
                **pareto**
                                Pareto distribution
 
-               **gauss**
+               **normal**
                                Normal (Gaussian) distribution
 
                **zoned**
@@ -1215,8 +1217,8 @@ I/O type
        values will yield in terms of hit rates.  If you wanted to use **zipf** with
        a `theta` of 1.2, you would use ``random_distribution=zipf:1.2`` as the
        option. If a non-uniform model is used, fio will disable use of the random
-       map. For the **gauss** distribution, a normal deviation is supplied as a
-       value between 0 and 100.
+       map. For the **normal** distribution, a normal (Gaussian) deviation is
+       supplied as a value between 0 and 100.
 
        For a **zoned** distribution, fio supports specifying percentages of I/O
        access that should fall within what range of the file or device. For