diff --git a/pages/common/xargs.md b/pages/common/xargs.md
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--- a/pages/common/xargs.md
+++ b/pages/common/xargs.md
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@
 - Execute the command once for each input line, replacing any occurrences of the placeholder (here marked as `_`) with the input line:
 
 `{{arguments_source}} | xargs -I _ {{command}} _ {{optional_extra_arguments}}`
+
+- Parallel runs of up to `max-procs` processes at a time; the default is 1.  If `max-procs` is 0, xargs will run as many processes as possible at a time:
+
+`{{arguments_source}} | xargs -P {{max-procs}} {{command}}`