Fixup data-direction to name translation

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index c61948bb52814a2a6bac248c5db0063406225a48..e3334bd2b4de0a6b8850d669bce8932a48409982 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -478,7 +478,8 @@ size, fio can alternate random and zeroed data throughout the IO buffer.
 If set, fio will fill the IO buffers with this pattern. If not set, the contents
 of IO buffers is defined by the other options related to buffer contents. The
 setting can be any pattern of bytes, and can be prefixed with 0x for hex
-values.
+values. It may also be a string, where the string must then be wrapped with
+"".
 .TP
 .BI nrfiles \fR=\fPint
 Number of files to use for this job.  Default: 1.