A large value of @var{nmerge} may improve merge performance and decrease
temporary storage utilization at the expense of increased memory usage
-and I/0. Conversely a small value of @var{nmerge} may reduce memory
-requirements and I/0 at the expense of temporary storage consumption and
+and I/O. Conversely a small value of @var{nmerge} may reduce memory
+requirements and I/O at the expense of temporary storage consumption and
merge performance.
The value of @var{nmerge} must be at least 2. The default value is