test: fix t/run-fio-tests.py style issues identified by pylint

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@@ -1129,7 +1129,14 @@ I/O type
                                Random mixed reads and writes.
                **trimwrite**
                                Sequential trim+write sequences. Blocks will be trimmed first,
-                               then the same blocks will be written to.
+                               then the same blocks will be written to. So if ``io_size=64K``
+                               is specified, Fio will trim a total of 64K bytes and also
+                               write 64K bytes on the same trimmed blocks. This behaviour
+                               will be consistent with ``number_ios`` or other Fio options
+                               limiting the total bytes or number of I/O's.
+               **randtrimwrite**
+                               Like trimwrite, but uses random offsets rather
+                               than sequential writes.
 
        Fio defaults to read if the option is not specified.  For the mixed I/O
        types, the default is to split them 50/50.  For certain types of I/O the
@@ -2550,7 +2557,7 @@ with the caveat that when used on the command line, they must come after the
 
    [dfs]
 
-       Specificy a different chunk size (in bytes) for the dfs file.
+       Specify a different chunk size (in bytes) for the dfs file.
        Use DAOS container's chunk size by default.
 
    [libhdfs]
@@ -2559,7 +2566,7 @@ with the caveat that when used on the command line, they must come after the
 
 .. option:: object_class=str : [dfs]
 
-       Specificy a different object class for the dfs file.
+       Specify a different object class for the dfs file.
        Use DAOS container's object class by default.
 
 .. option:: skip_bad=bool : [mtd]