allow a percent value for the offset parameter

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 .. option:: offset=int
 
-       Start I/O at the given offset in the file. The data before the given offset
-       will not be touched. This effectively caps the file size at `real_size -
-       offset`. Can be combined with :option:`size` to constrain the start and
-       end range that I/O will be done within.
+       Start I/O at the provided offset in the file, given as either a fixed size or
+       a percentage. If a percentage is given, the next ``blockalign``-ed offset
+       will be used. Data before the given offset will not be touched. This
+       effectively caps the file size at `real_size - offset`. Can be combined with
+       :option:`size` to constrain the start and end range of the I/O workload.
 
 .. option:: offset_increment=int