From: Josh Soref <2119212+jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 22:49:07 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: limit-rate.d: clarify base unit
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limit-rate.d: clarify base unit

Fixes #7439
Closes #7494
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diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/limit-rate.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/limit-rate.d
index cb3a860770..66f5cdaac3 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/limit-rate.d
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/limit-rate.d
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ otherwise would be.
 
 The given speed is measured in bytes/second, unless a suffix is appended.
 Appending 'k' or 'K' will count the number as kilobytes, 'm' or 'M' makes it
-megabytes, while 'g' or 'G' makes it gigabytes. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G.
+megabytes, while 'g' or 'G' makes it gigabytes. The suffixes (k, M, G, T, P)
+are 1024 based. For example 1k is 1024. Examples: 200K, 3m and 1G.
 
 If you also use the --speed-limit option, that option will take precedence and
 might cripple the rate-limiting slightly, to help keeping the speed-limit