4504: Existence of the configuration option explained

content/docs/command-reference/fetch.md

@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ The default remote is used (see
 
 - `-j <number>`, `--jobs <number>` - parallelism level for DVC to download data
   from remote storage. The default value is `4 * cpu_count()`. For SSH remotes,
-  the default is `4`. Using more jobs may improve the overall transfer speed.
+  the default is `4`. Note that the default value can be set using the `jobs`
+  config option with `dvc remote modify`. Using more jobs may improve the
+  overall transfer speed.
 
 - `-a`, `--all-branches` - fetch cache for all Git branches instead of just the
   current workspace. This means DVC may download files needed to reproduce

content/docs/command-reference/gc.md

@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ The default remote is cleaned (see `dvc config core.remote`) unless the
 - `-j <number>`, `--jobs <number>` - parallelism level for DVC to access data
   from remote storage. This only applies when the `--cloud` option is used, or a
   `--remote` is given. The default value is `4 * cpu_count()`. For SSH remotes,
-  the default is `4`. Using more jobs may improve the overall transfer speed.
+  the default is `4`. Note that the default value can be set using the `jobs`
+  config option with `dvc remote modify`. Using more jobs may improve the
+  overall connection speed.
 
   > For now only some phases of garbage collection are parallel.
 

content/docs/command-reference/pull.md

@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ used to see what files `dvc pull` would download.
 
 - `-j <number>`, `--jobs <number>` - parallelism level for DVC to download data
   from remote storage. The default value is `4 * cpu_count()`. For SSH remotes,
-  the default is `4`. Using more jobs may improve the overall transfer speed.
+  the default is `4`. Note that the default value can be set using the `jobs`
+  config option with `dvc remote modify`. Using more jobs may improve the
+  overall transfer speed.
 
 - `-h`, `--help` - prints the usage/help message, and exit.
 

content/docs/command-reference/push.md

@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ in the cache (compared to the default remote.) It can be used to see what files
 
 - `-j <number>`, `--jobs <number>` - parallelism level for DVC to upload data to
   remote storage. The default value is `4 * cpu_count()`. For SSH remotes, the
-  default is `4`. Using more jobs may improve the overall transfer speed.
+  default is `4`. Note that the default value can be set using the `jobs` config
+  option with `dvc remote modify`. Using more jobs may improve the overall
+  transfer speed.
 
 - `-h`, `--help` - prints the usage/help message, and exit.
 

content/docs/command-reference/remote/modify.md

@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ The following config options are available for all remote types:
   $ dvc remote modify localremote url /home/user/dvcstore
   ```
 
+- `jobs` - change the default number of processes for
+  [remote storage](/doc/command-reference/remote) synchronization operations
+  (see the `--jobs` option of `dvc push`, `dvc pull`, `dvc fetch`, `dvc status`,
+  and `dvc gc`). Accepts positive integers. The default is typically `4`.
+
+  ```dvc
+  $ dvc remote modify myremote jobs 8
+  ```
+
 - `verify` - upon downloading <abbr>cache</abbr> files (`dvc pull`, `dvc fetch`)
   DVC will recalculate the file hashes upon download (e.g. `dvc pull`) to make
   sure that these haven't been modified, or corrupted during download. It may

content/docs/command-reference/status.md

@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ that.
 - `-j <number>`, `--jobs <number>` - parallelism level for DVC to retrieve
   information from remote storage. This only applies when the `--cloud` option
   is used, or a `--remote` is given. The default value is `4 * cpu_count()`. For
-  SSH remotes, the default is `4`. Using more jobs may improve the overall
-  transfer speed.
+  SSH remotes, the default is `4`. Note that the default value can be set using
+  the `jobs` config option with `dvc remote modify`. Using more jobs may improve
+  the overall connection speed.
 
 - `-h`, `--help` - prints the usage/help message, and exit.