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diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 57c0730b..40f974cb 100644
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ siint	SI integer. A whole number value, which may contain a postfix
 bool	Boolean. Usually parsed as an integer, however only defined for
 	true and false (1 and 0).
 irange	Integer range with postfix. Allows value range to be given, such
-	as 1024-4096. Also see siint.
+	as 1024-4096. A colon may also be used as the seperator, eg
+	1k:4k. If the option allows two sets of ranges, they can be
+	specified with a ',' or '/' delimiter: 1k-4k/8k-32k. Also see
+	siint.
 
 With the above in mind, here follows the complete list of fio job
 parameters.
@@ -277,7 +280,10 @@ iodepth=int	This defines how many io units to keep in flight against
 		concurrency.
 
 direct=bool	If value is true, use non-buffered io. This is usually
-		O_DIRECT. Defaults to true.
+		O_DIRECT.
+
+buffered=bool	If value is true, use buffered io. This is the opposite
+		of the 'direct' option. Defaults to true.
 
 offset=siint	Start io at the given offset in the file. The data before
 		the given offset will not be touched. This effectively
@@ -497,7 +503,7 @@ cpuchunks=int	If the job is a CPU cycle eater, split the load into
 fio spits out a lot of output. While running, fio will display the
 status of the jobs created. An example of that would be:
 
-Threads running: 1: [_r] [24.79% done] [ 13509/  8334 kb/s] [eta 00h:01m:31s]
+Threads: 1: [_r] [24.8% done] [ 13509/  8334 kb/s] [eta 00h:01m:31s]
 
 The characters inside the square brackets denote the current status of
 each thread. The possible values (in typical life cycle order) are:
@@ -529,9 +535,9 @@ direction, the output looks like:
 
 Client1 (g=0): err= 0:
   write: io=    32MiB, bw=   666KiB/s, runt= 50320msec
-    slat (msec): min=    0, max=  136, avg= 0.03, dev= 1.92
-    clat (msec): min=    0, max=  631, avg=48.50, dev=86.82
-    bw (KiB/s) : min=    0, max= 1196, per=51.00%, avg=664.02, dev=681.68
+    slat (msec): min=    0, max=  136, avg= 0.03, stdev= 1.92
+    clat (msec): min=    0, max=  631, avg=48.50, stdev=86.82
+    bw (KiB/s) : min=    0, max= 1196, per=51.00%, avg=664.02, stdev=681.68
   cpu        : usr=1.49%, sys=0.25%, ctx=7969
 
 The client number is printed, along with the group id and error of that