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diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index e3334bd2..d64fbb7a 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -481,6 +481,13 @@ setting can be any pattern of bytes, and can be prefixed with 0x for hex
 values. It may also be a string, where the string must then be wrapped with
 "".
 .TP
+.BI dedupe_percentage \fR=\fPint
+If set, fio will generate this percentage of identical buffers when writing.
+These buffers will be naturally dedupable. The contents of the buffers depend
+on what other buffer compression settings have been set. It's possible to have
+the individual buffers either fully compressible, or not at all. This option
+only controls the distribution of unique buffers.
+.TP
 .BI nrfiles \fR=\fPint
 Number of files to use for this job.  Default: 1.
 .TP
@@ -680,7 +687,9 @@ Fio will normally perform IOs until it has exhausted the size of the region
 set by \fBsize\fR, or if it exhaust the allocated time (or hits an error
 condition). With this setting, the range/size can be set independently of
 the number of IOs to perform. When fio reaches this number, it will exit
-normally and report status.
+normally and report status. Note that this does not extend the amount
+of IO that will be done, it will only stop fio if this condition is met
+before other end-of-job criteria.
 .TP
 .BI fsync \fR=\fPint
 How many I/Os to perform before issuing an \fBfsync\fR\|(2) of dirty data.  If