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diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 1374d05e..e54b37b1 100644
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -205,7 +205,14 @@ filename=str	Fio normally makes up a filename based on the job name,
 		files between threads in a job or several jobs, specify
 		a filename for each of them to override the default. If
 		the ioengine used is 'net', the filename is the host and
-		port to connect to in the format of =host:port.
+		port to connect to in the format of =host/port. If the
+		ioengine is file based, you can specify a number of files
+		by seperating the names with a ':' colon. So if you wanted
+		a job to open /dev/sda and /dev/sdb as the two working files,
+		you would use filename=/dev/sda:/dev/sdb
+
+opendir=str	Tell fio to recursively add any file it can find in this
+		directory and down the file system tree.
 
 rw=str		Type of io pattern. Accepted values are:
 
@@ -265,6 +272,11 @@ file_service_type=str  Defines how fio decides which file from a job to
 			roundrobin  Round robin over open files. This
 				is the default.
 
+		The string can have a number appended, indicating how
+		often to switch to a new file. So if option random:4 is
+		given, fio will switch to a new random file after 4 ios
+		have been issued.
+
 ioengine=str	Defines how the job issues io to the file. The following
 		types are defined:
 
@@ -297,7 +309,7 @@ ioengine=str	Defines how the job issues io to the file. The following
 
 			net	Transfer over the network to given host:port.
 				'filename' must be set appropriately to
-				filename=host:port regardless of send
+				filename=host/port regardless of send
 				or receive, if the latter only the port
 				argument is used.
 
@@ -349,6 +361,10 @@ overwrite=bool	If writing to a file, setup the file first and do overwrites.
 
 end_fsync=bool	If true, fsync file contents when the job exits.
 
+fsync_on_close=bool	If true, fio will fsync() a dirty file on close.
+		This differs from end_fsync in that it will happen on every
+		file close, not just at the end of the job.
+
 rwmixcycle=int	Value in milliseconds describing how often to switch between
 		reads and writes for a mixed workload. The default is
 		500 msecs.