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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ run another program.
 </p>
 
 <pre>
-     forbacktickx [ -E | -e ] [ -p | -o <em>okcodes</em> | -x <em>breakcodes</em> ] [ -N | -n ] [ -C | -c ] [ -0 | -d <em>delim</em> ] <em>variable</em> { <em>gen...</em> } <em>loop...</em>
+     forbacktickx [ -E | -e ] [ -p | -P <em>maxpar</em> | -o <em>okcodes</em> | -x <em>breakcodes</em> ] [ -N | -n ] [ -C | -c ] [ -0 | -d <em>delim</em> ] <em>variable</em> { <em>gen...</em> } <em>loop...</em>
 </pre>
 
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@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ output must not contain a null character. </li>
 instance to finish before spawning the next one. <em>forbacktickx</em> will
 still wait for all instances of <em>loop</em> to terminate before
 exiting, though. </li>
+ <li> <tt>-P</tt>&nbsp;<em>maxpar</em>&nbsp;: like <tt>-p</tt>, but with
+a maximum of <em>maxpar</em> parallel instances, to avoid completely
+clogging the machine in pathological cases. </li>
  <li> <tt>-o</tt>&nbsp;<em>okcodes</em>&nbsp;: <em>okcodes</em> must
 be a comma-separated list of exit codes. If the <tt>-p</tt> flag
 hasn't been given and <em>loop</em> exits with one of the codes in
diff --git a/doc/forstdin.html b/doc/forstdin.html
index 14b9a3b..eb2aac9 100644
--- a/doc/forstdin.html
+++ b/doc/forstdin.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ run another program.
 </p>
 
 <pre>
-     forstdin [ -E | -e ] [ -p | -o <em>okcodes</em> | -x <em>breakcodes</em> ] [ -N | -n ] [ -C | -c ] [ -0 | -d <em>delim</em> ] <em>variable</em> <em>loop...</em>
+     forstdin [ -E | -e ] [ -p | -P <em>maxpar</em> | -o <em>okcodes</em> | -x <em>breakcodes</em> ] [ -N | -n ] [ -C | -c ] [ -0 | -d <em>delim</em> ] <em>variable</em> <em>loop...</em>
 </pre>
 
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