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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1 index fdf94c13c..bc9a7efc8 100644 --- a/man/emerge.1 +++ b/man/emerge.1 @@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ the related \fB\-\-skipfirst\fR option. .BR \-\-load\-average=LOAD Specifies that no new builds should be started if there are other builds running and the load average is at least LOAD (a floating-point number). +This option is recommended for use in combination with \fB\-\-jobs\fR in +order to avoid excess load. See \fBmake\fR(1) for information about +analogous options that should be configured via \fBMAKEOPTS\fR in +\fBmake.conf\fR(5). .TP .BR "\-\-newuse " (\fB\-N\fR) Tells emerge to include installed packages where USE flags have changed since |