Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/cbwest3/fio

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--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH fio 1 "March 2017" "User Manual"
+.TH fio 1 "May 2017" "User Manual"
 .SH NAME
 fio \- flexible I/O tester
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -904,7 +904,11 @@ If true, use buffered I/O.  This is the opposite of the \fBdirect\fR parameter.
 Default: true.
 .TP
 .BI offset \fR=\fPint
-Offset in the file to start I/O. Data before the offset will not be touched.
+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 \fBblockalign\fR-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 \fBsize\fR to
+constrain the start and end range of the I/O workload.
 .TP
 .BI offset_increment \fR=\fPint
 If this is provided, then the real offset becomes the
@@ -2594,7 +2598,7 @@ Sample jobfiles are available in the \fBexamples\fR directory.
 .br
 These are typically located under /usr/share/doc/fio.
 
-\fBHOWTO\fR:  http://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blob_plain;f=HOWTO
+\fBHOWTO\fR:  http://git.kernel.dk/cgit/fio/plain/HOWTO
 .br
-\fBREADME\fR: http://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blob_plain;f=README
+\fBREADME\fR: http://git.kernel.dk/cgit/fio/plain/README
 .br