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@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ is then invoked on the file. The quotas may then be modified, new
quotas added, etc.
Setting a quota to zero indicates that no quota should be imposed.
.PP
+Block usage and limits are reported and interpereted as multiples of kibibyte
+(1024 bytes) blocks by default. Symbols K, M, G, and T can be appended to
+numeric value to express kibibytes, mebibytes, gibibytes, and tebibytes.
+.PP
Users are permitted to exceed their soft limits for a grace period that
may be specified per filesystem. Once the grace period has expired, the
soft limit is enforced as a hard limit.