Merge branch 'minor_fixes' of https://github.com/sitsofe/fio

[fio.git] / HOWTO

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 67888e7ce67b8af9b663300b2e636df972538898..fe5c3cb193e9172275e0df47730158309fd33e5b 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -1015,8 +1015,8 @@ I/O type
 
        ``sequential`` is only useful for random I/O, where fio would normally
        generate a new random offset for every I/O. If you append e.g. 8 to randread,
-       you would get a new random offset for every 8 I/O's. The result would be a
-       seek for only every 8 I/O's, instead of for every I/O. Use ``rw=randread:8``
+       you would get a new random offset for every 8 I/Os. The result would be a
+       seek for only every 8 I/Os, instead of for every I/O. Use ``rw=randread:8``
        to specify that. As sequential I/O is already sequential, setting
        ``sequential`` for that would not result in any differences.  ``identical``
        behaves in a similar fashion, except it sends the same offset 8 number of
@@ -3243,7 +3243,7 @@ numbers denote:
 **ios**
                Number of I/Os performed by all groups.
 **merge**
-               Number of merges I/O the I/O scheduler.
+               Number of merges performed by the I/O scheduler.
 **ticks**
                Number of ticks we kept the disk busy.
 **in_queue**
@@ -3279,7 +3279,7 @@ changed for some reason, this number will be incremented by 1 to signify that
 change.
 
 Split up, the format is as follows (comments in brackets denote when a
-field was introduced or whether its specific to some terse version):
+field was introduced or whether it's specific to some terse version):
 
     ::