doc: provide more detail regarding the --status-interval option

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 97133dacbb846d286c8f2219a7f5178b42cc38f5..091bc1b9e0aa643489c0b1188524974652c589bd 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ Force a new line for every \fItime\fR period passed. When the unit is omitted,
 the value is interpreted in seconds.
 .TP
 .BI \-\-status\-interval \fR=\fPtime
-Force full status dump every \fItime\fR period passed. When the unit is omitted,
-the value is interpreted in seconds.
+Force a full status dump of cumulative (from job start) values at \fItime\fR
+intervals. This option does *not* provide per-period measurements. So
+values such as bandwidth are running averages. When the time unit is omitted,
+\fItime\fR is interpreted in seconds.
 .TP
 .BI \-\-section \fR=\fPname
 Only run specified section \fIname\fR in job file. Multiple sections can be specified.