- reads, writes, and trims are accounted and reported separately. If this
- option is set fio sums the results and report them as "mixed" instead.
+ reads, writes, and trims are accounted and reported separately. This option
+ determines whether fio reports the results normally, summed together, or as
+ both options.
+ Accepted values are:
+
+ **none**
+ Normal statistics reporting.
+
+ **mixed**
+ Statistics are summed per data direction and reported together.
+
+ **both**
+ Statistics are reported normally, followed by the mixed statistics.
+
+ **0**
+ Backward-compatible alias for **none**.
+
+ **1**
+ Backward-compatible alias for **mixed**.
+
+ **2**
+ Alias for **both**.