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diff --git a/README b/README
index 940839c3..0b0cb7ef 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Command line
 $ fio
         --debug         Enable some debugging options (see below)
         --output        Write output to file
-        --runtime       Runtime in seconds
+        --timeout       Runtime in seconds
         --latency-log   Generate per-job latency logs
         --bandwidth-log Generate per-job bandwidth logs
         --minimal       Minimal (terse) output
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ $ fio
 	--help		Print this page
 	--cmdhelp=cmd	Print command help, "all" for all of them
 	--showcmd	Turn a job file into command line options
-	--readonly	Turn on safety read-only checks
+	--readonly	Turn on safety read-only checks, preventing writes
 	--eta=when	When ETA estimate should be printed
 			May be "always", "never" or "auto"
+	--section=name	Only run specified section in job file
 
 
 Any parameters following the options will be assumed to be job files,
@@ -103,6 +104,13 @@ options in fio. Currently the options are:
 You can specify as many as you want, eg --debug=file,mem will enable
 file and memory debugging.
 
+The section switch is meant to make it easier to ship a bigger job file
+instead of several smaller ones. Say you define a job file with light,
+moderate, and heavy parts. Then you can ask fio to run the given part
+only by giving it a --section=heavy command line option. The section
+option only applies to job sections, the reserved 'global' section is
+always parsed and taken into account.
+
 
 Job file
 --------