flow: add ability for weight-based flow control on multiple jobs

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@@ -2861,15 +2861,10 @@ Threads, processes and job synchronization
        ``flow=8`` and another job has ``flow=-1``, then there will be a roughly 1:8
        ratio in how much one runs vs the other.
 
-.. option:: flow_watermark=int
-
-       The maximum value that the absolute value of the flow counter is allowed to
-       reach before the job must wait for a lower value of the counter.
-
 .. option:: flow_sleep=int
 
-       The period of time, in microseconds, to wait after the flow watermark has
-       been exceeded before retrying operations.
+       The period of time, in microseconds, to wait after the flow counter
+       has exceeded its proportion before retrying operations.
 
 .. option:: stonewall, wait_for_previous