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diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index ffd8d0a2..6ece3c18 100644
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ 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=int	Run the verify phase after a write phase. Only makes sense if
+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
@@ -599,6 +599,15 @@ verify=str	If writing to a file, fio can verify the file contents
 				(timestamp, block number etc.). The block
 				number is verified.
 
+			pattern	Fill the IO buffers with a specific pattern,
+				that we can use to verify. Depending on the
+				width of the pattern, fio will fill 1/2/3/4
+				bytes of the buffer at the time. The pattern
+				cannot be larger than a 32-bit quantity. The
+				given pattern is given as a postfix to this
+				option, ala: verify=pattern:0x5a. It accepts
+				both hex and dec values.
+
 			null	Only pretend to verify. Useful for testing
 				internals with ioengine=null, not for much
 				else.
@@ -624,15 +633,7 @@ verify_interval=siint	Write the verification header at a finer granularity
 			size of header_interval. blocksize should divide this
 			evenly.
 
-verify_pattern=int	If set, fio will fill the io buffers with this
-		pattern. Fio defaults to filling with totally random
-		bytes, but sometimes it's interesting to fill with a known
-		pattern for io verification purposes. Depending on the
-		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=int	Normally fio will keep checking the entire contents
+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.