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diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 00a09353..a238331c 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -471,10 +471,12 @@ See \fB\-\-max\-jobs\fR. Default: 1.
 .SS "Time related parameters"
 .TP
 .BI runtime \fR=\fPtime
-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.
 .TP
 .BI time_based
 If set, fio will run for the duration of the \fBruntime\fR specified
@@ -873,11 +875,6 @@ If value is true, use non-buffered I/O. This is usually O_DIRECT. Note that
 OpenBSD and ZFS on Solaris don't support direct I/O. On Windows the synchronous
 ioengines don't support direct I/O. Default: false.
 .TP
-.BI atomic \fR=\fPbool
-If value is true, attempt to use atomic direct I/O. Atomic writes are
-guaranteed to be stable once acknowledged by the operating system. Only
-Linux supports O_ATOMIC right now.
-.TP
 .BI buffered \fR=\fPbool
 If value is true, use buffered I/O. This is the opposite of the
 \fBdirect\fR option. Defaults to true.
@@ -1959,11 +1956,6 @@ e.g., on NAND, writing sequentially to erase blocks and discarding
 before overwriting. The \fBtrimwrite\fR mode works well for this
 constraint.
 .TP
-.B pmemblk
-Read and write using filesystem DAX to a file on a filesystem
-mounted with DAX on a persistent memory device through the PMDK
-libpmemblk library.
-.TP
 .B dev\-dax
 Read and write using device DAX to a persistent memory device (e.g.,
 /dev/dax0.0) through the PMDK libpmem library.
@@ -2194,6 +2186,15 @@ cached data. Currently the RWF_NOWAIT flag does not supported for cached write.
 For direct I/O, requests will only succeed if cache invalidation isn't required,
 file blocks are fully allocated and the disk request could be issued immediately.
 .TP
+.BI (io_uring_cmd)fdp \fR=\fPbool
+Enable Flexible Data Placement mode for write commands.
+.TP
+.BI (io_uring_cmd)fdp_pli \fR=\fPstr
+Select which Placement ID Index/Indicies this job is allowed to use for writes.
+By default, the job will cycle through all available Placement IDs, so use this
+to isolate these identifiers to specific jobs. If you want fio to use placement
+identifier only at indices 0, 2 and 5 specify, you would set `fdp_pli=0,2,5`.
+.TP
 .BI (cpuio)cpuload \fR=\fPint
 Attempt to use the specified percentage of CPU cycles. This is a mandatory
 option when using cpuio I/O engine.