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--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -569,6 +569,9 @@ loops=int	Run the specified number of iterations of this job. Used
 		to repeat the same workload a given number of times. Defaults
 		to 1.
 
+do_verify=bool	Run the verify phase after a write phase. Only makes sense if
+		verify is set. Defaults to 1.
+
 verify=str	If writing to a file, fio can verify the file contents
 		after each iteration of the job. The allowed values are:
 
@@ -588,6 +591,14 @@ verify=str	If writing to a file, fio can verify the file contents
 			crc7	Use a crc7 sum of the data area and store
 				it in the header of each block.
 
+			sha512	Use sha512 as the checksum function.
+
+			sha256	Use sha256 as the checksum function.
+
+			meta	Write extra information about each io
+				(timestamp, block number etc.). The block
+				number is verified.
+
 			null	Only pretend to verify. Useful for testing
 				internals with ioengine=null, not for much
 				else.
@@ -620,6 +631,11 @@ verify_pattern=int	If set, fio will fill the io buffers with this
 		width of the pattern, fio will fill 1/2/3/4 bytes of the
 		buffer at the time. The verify_pattern cannot be larger than
 		a 32-bit quantity.
+
+verify_fatal=bool	Normally fio will keep checking the entire contents
+		before quitting on a block verification failure. If this
+		option is set, fio will exit the job on the first observed
+		failure.
 		
 stonewall	Wait for preceeding jobs in the job file to exit, before
 		starting this one. Can be used to insert serialization