Actually, I should have documented the current reality ages ago. (Or replace "jobs" with "direct children" ?)
The reference pointing to recursive behavior should be there regardless. Index: make.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/make/make.1,v retrieving revision 1.139 diff -u -p -r1.139 make.1 --- make.1 17 Jan 2023 13:03:22 -0000 1.139 +++ make.1 8 Jul 2023 13:34:35 -0000 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ .Op Fl d Ar flags .Op Fl f Ar mk .Op Fl I Ar directory -.Op Fl j Ar max_processes +.Op Fl j Ar max_jobs .Op Fl m Ar directory .Op Fl V Ar variable .Op Ar NAME Ns = Ns Ar value ... @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Extended options are as follows: Try to be backwards compatible by executing the commands to make the prerequisites in a target rule in sequence. This is the default, in the absence of -.Fl j Ar max_processes . +.Fl j Ar max_jobs . .It Fl C Ar directory Enter .Ar directory @@ -241,10 +241,12 @@ Multiple directories can be added to for Furthermore, the system include path (see the .Fl m option) will be used after this search path. -.It Fl j Ar max_processes -Specify the maximum number of processes that +.It Fl j Ar max_jobs +Specify the maximum number of jobs that .Nm may have running at any one time. +See the discussion about recursive invocations under +.Sx BUGS . .It Fl m Ar directory Specify a directory in which to search for system include files: .Pa sys.mk
