Merge branch 'doc-Clarify_Runtime_Param' of https://github.com/horshack-dpreview/fio

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@@ -686,10 +686,12 @@ Time related parameters
 
 .. option:: runtime=time
 
-       Tell fio to terminate processing after the specified period of time.  It
-       can be quite hard to determine for how long a specified job will run, so
-       this parameter is handy to cap the total runtime to a given time.  When
-       the unit is omitted, the value is interpreted in seconds.
+       Limit runtime. The test will run until it completes the configured I/O
+       workload or until it has run for this specified amount of time, whichever
+       occurs first. It can be quite hard to determine for how long a specified
+       job will run, so this parameter is handy to cap the total runtime to a
+       given time.  When the unit is omitted, the value is interpreted in
+       seconds.
 
 .. option:: time_based