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-rw-r--r--Help/manual/ctest.1.rst8
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/ctest-repeat-until-pass.rst5
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst b/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst
index 031b9a7..0097cee 100644
--- a/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst
@@ -268,9 +268,17 @@ Options
``--repeat-until-pass <n>``
Allow each test to run up to ``<n>`` times in order to pass.
+ Repeats tests if they fail for any reason.
This is useful in tolerating sporadic failures in test cases.
+``--repeat-after-timeout <n>``
+ Allow each test to run up to ``<n>`` times in order to pass.
+ Repeats tests only if they timeout.
+
+ This is useful in tolerating sporadic timeouts in test cases
+ on busy machines.
+
``--max-width <width>``
Set the max width for a test name to output.
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/ctest-repeat-until-pass.rst b/Help/release/dev/ctest-repeat-until-pass.rst
index 003cdf2..d177247 100644
--- a/Help/release/dev/ctest-repeat-until-pass.rst
+++ b/Help/release/dev/ctest-repeat-until-pass.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
ctest-repeat-until-pass
-----------------------
-* The :manual:`ctest(1)` tool learned a new ``--repeat-until-pass <n>``
- option to help tolerate sporadic test failures.
+* The :manual:`ctest(1)` tool learned new ``--repeat-until-pass <n>``
+ and ``--repeat-after-timeout <n>`` options to help tolerate sporadic
+ test failures.