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@@ -1013,7 +1013,9 @@ random_generator=str	Fio supports the following engines for generating
 		typically good enough. LFSR only works with single
 		block sizes, not with workloads that use multiple block
 		sizes. If used with such a workload, fio may read or write
-		some blocks multiple times.
+		some blocks multiple times. The default value is tausworthe,
+		unless the required space exceeds 2^32 blocks. If it does,
+		then tausworthe64 is selected automatically.
 
 nice=int	Run the job with the given nice value. See man nice(2).