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@@ -771,8 +771,11 @@ given pipeline. Within the pipeline section, the jobs that should be
executed are listed. If a job is entered as a dictionary key, then
jobs contained within that key are only executed if the key job
succeeds. In the above example, project-unittest, project-pep8, and
-project-pyflakes are only executed if project-merge succeeds. This
-can help avoid running unnecessary jobs.
+project-pyflakes are only executed if project-merge succeeds.
+Furthermore, project-finaltest is executed only if project-unittest,
+project-pep8 and project-pyflakes all succeed. This can help avoid
+running unnecessary jobs while maximizing parallelism. It is also
+useful when distributing results between jobs.
The special job named ``noop`` is internal to Zuul and will always
return ``SUCCESS`` immediately. This can be useful if you require