Update documentation on net engine port usage

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 9ddf101abd6d92faa9b2e3f2769e586b4f72fcf3..8d0263216490738f4b87c2739c2ea2f2e8d496f6 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -1471,7 +1471,9 @@ If the job is a TCP listener or UDP reader, the hostname is not
 used and must be omitted unless it is a valid UDP multicast address.
 .TP
 .BI (net,netsplice)port \fR=\fPint
-The TCP or UDP port to bind to or connect to.
+The TCP or UDP port to bind to or connect to. If this is used with
+\fBnumjobs\fR to spawn multiple instances of the same job type, then
+this will be the starting port number since fio will use a range of ports.
 .TP
 .BI (net,netsplice)interface \fR=\fPstr
 The IP address of the network interface used to send or receive UDP multicast