This variable should contain a command for portage to call in order
to adjust the io priority of portage and it's subprocesses. The command
string should contain a \\${PID} place-holder that will be substituted
-with an integer pid. For more information about ionice, see \fBionice\fR(1).
-Set this variable to an empty string if you do not want portage to call
-ionice.
-.br
-Defaults to "ionice -c 3 -p \\${PID}".
+with an integer pid. For example, a value of "ionice \-c 3 \-p \\${PID}"
+will set idle io priority. For more information about ionice, see
+\fBionice\fR(1). This variable is unset by default.
.TP
\fBPORTAGE_NICENESS\fR = \fI[number]\fR
The value of this variable will be added to the current nice level that