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@@ -596,7 +596,9 @@ parallelism---for instance, by running @code{make -j$NIX_BUILD_CORES}.
@item --max-jobs=@var{n}
@itemx -M @var{n}
Allow at most @var{n} build jobs in parallel. The default value is
-@code{1}.
+@code{1}. Setting it to @code{0} means that no builds will be performed
+locally; instead, the daemon will offload builds (@pxref{Daemon Offload
+Setup}), or simply fail.
@item --debug
Produce debugging output.
@@ -2765,6 +2767,12 @@ may be helpful when debugging setup issues with the build daemon.
Allow the use of up to @var{n} CPU cores for the build. The special
value @code{0} means to use as many CPU cores as available.
+@item --max-jobs=@var{n}
+@itemx -M @var{n}
+Allow at most @var{n} build jobs in parallel. @xref{Invoking
+guix-daemon, @code{--max-jobs}}, for details about this option and the
+equivalent @command{guix-daemon} option.
+
@end table
Behind the scenes, @command{guix build} is essentially an interface to