3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 8514c732..c629e2db 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Command line
 $ fio
 	--debug			Enable some debugging options (see below)
 	--output		Write output to file
-	--timeout		Runtime in seconds
+	--runtime		Runtime in seconds
 	--latency-log		Generate per-job latency logs
 	--bandwidth-log		Generate per-job bandwidth logs
 	--minimal		Minimal (terse) output
diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 5b61e438..086cf9d0 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ list all available tracing options.
 .BI \-\-output \fR=\fPfilename
 Write output to \fIfilename\fR.
 .TP
-.BI \-\-timeout \fR=\fPtimeout
-Limit run time to \fItimeout\fR seconds.
+.BI \-\-runtime \fR=\fPruntime
+Limit run time to \fIruntime\fR seconds.
 .TP
 .B \-\-latency\-log
 Generate per-job latency logs.
diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index 824828cf..9f597a95 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ static void usage(const char *name)
 		"\t\t\tprocess,file,io,mem,blktrace,verify,random,parse,\n"
 		"\t\t\tdiskutil,job,mutex,profile,time,net\n");
 	printf("  --output\t\tWrite output to file\n");
-	printf("  --timeout\t\tRuntime in seconds\n");
+	printf("  --runtime\t\tRuntime in seconds\n");
 	printf("  --latency-log\t\tGenerate per-job latency logs\n");
 	printf("  --bandwidth-log\tGenerate per-job bandwidth logs\n");
 	printf("  --minimal\t\tMinimal (terse) output\n");