Improve documentation for end_fsync

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 014b7f3d4ca763135f131c163a054709e6b637e0..d5be376d3e5c4696bf9a381ff1944ba59dfbc6ac 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ overwrite=bool      If true, writes to a file will always overwrite existing
                and is large enough for the specified write phase, nothing
                will be done.
 
-end_fsync=bool If true, fsync file contents when the job exits.
+end_fsync=bool If true, fsync file contents when a write stage has completed.
 
 fsync_on_close=bool    If true, fio will fsync() a dirty file on close.
                This differs from end_fsync in that it will happen on every

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 5b65e07820b510a82dad344caeba567207bf9994..2f7728abd2462e8de6664ee1fa98fadcf99dfc41 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ Also see the sync_file_range(2) man page.  This option is Linux specific.
 If writing, setup the file first and do overwrites.  Default: false.
 .TP
 .BI end_fsync \fR=\fPbool
-Sync file contents when job exits.  Default: false.
+Sync file contents when a write stage has completed.  Default: false.
 .TP
 .BI fsync_on_close \fR=\fPbool
 If true, sync file contents on close.  This differs from \fBend_fsync\fR in that