diff --git a/R/crew_monitor_sge.R b/R/crew_monitor_sge.R
index a6a5e14..1ced44c 100644
--- a/R/crew_monitor_sge.R
+++ b/R/crew_monitor_sge.R
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ crew_class_monitor_sge <- R6::R6Class(
     #' @param jobs Character vector of job names or job IDs to terminate.
     #'   Ignored if `all` is set to `TRUE`.
     #' @param all Logical of length 1, whether to terminate all the jobs
-    #'   under your user name. If `TRUE`, the `jobs` argument is ignored.
+    #'   under your user name. This terminates ALL your SGE jobs,
+    #'   regardless of whether `crew.cluster` launched them,
+    #'   so use with caution!
     terminate = function(jobs = NULL, all = FALSE) {
       # Cannot be tested with automated tests.
       # Tested in tests/sge/monitor.R.
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 09d4e0e..79b4b9c 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -73,6 +73,28 @@ Remember to terminate the controller when you are done.
 controller$terminate()
 ```
 
+# Monitoring
+
+To manage resource usage, you may choose to list and manually terminate cluster jobs using `crew_monitor_sge()` and other supported monitors. Example for SGE:
+
+```{r}
+monitor <- crew_monitor_sge()
+job_list <- monitor$jobs()
+job_list
+#> # A tibble: 2 × 9
+#>   job_number prio    name    owner state start_time queue_name jclass_name slots
+#>   <chr>      <chr>   <chr>   <chr> <chr> <chr>      <chr>      <lgl>       <chr>
+#> 1 131853812  0.05000 crew-m… USER… r     2024-01-0… all.norma… NA          1    
+#> 2 131853813  0.05000 crew-m… USER… r     2024-01-0… all.norma… NA          1
+monitor$terminate(jobs = job_list$job_number)
+#> USER has registered the job 131853812 for deletion
+#> USER has registered the job 131853813 for deletion
+monitor$jobs()
+#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
+```
+
+`monitor$terminate(all = TRUE)` terminates all your SGE jobs, regardless of whether `crew.cluster` created them.
+
 # Tips
 
 * `crew.cluster` submits jobs over the local network using system calls to the resource manager (e.g SGE or SLURM). Please invoke `crew.cluster` on a node of the cluster, either a login node (head node) or a compute node.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d18f7c..7a11cb5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,31 @@ Remember to terminate the controller when you are done.
 controller$terminate()
 ```
 
+# Monitoring
+
+To manage resource usage, you may choose to list and manually terminate
+cluster jobs using `crew_monitor_sge()` and other supported monitors.
+Example for SGE:
+
+``` r
+monitor <- crew_monitor_sge()
+job_list <- monitor$jobs()
+job_list
+#> # A tibble: 2 × 9
+#>   job_number prio    name    owner state start_time queue_name jclass_name slots
+#>   <chr>      <chr>   <chr>   <chr> <chr> <chr>      <chr>      <lgl>       <chr>
+#> 1 131853812  0.05000 crew-m… USER… r     2024-01-0… all.norma… NA          1    
+#> 2 131853813  0.05000 crew-m… USER… r     2024-01-0… all.norma… NA          1
+monitor$terminate(jobs = job_list$job_number)
+#> USER has registered the job 131853812 for deletion
+#> USER has registered the job 131853813 for deletion
+monitor$jobs()
+#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
+```
+
+`monitor$terminate(all = TRUE)` terminates all your SGE jobs, regardless
+of whether `crew.cluster` created them.
+
 # Tips
 
 - `crew.cluster` submits jobs over the local network using system calls
diff --git a/man/crew_class_monitor_sge.Rd b/man/crew_class_monitor_sge.Rd
index 9394536..77efc05 100644
--- a/man/crew_class_monitor_sge.Rd
+++ b/man/crew_class_monitor_sge.Rd
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ Terminate one or more SGE jobs.
 Ignored if \code{all} is set to \code{TRUE}.}
 
 \item{\code{all}}{Logical of length 1, whether to terminate all the jobs
-under your user name. If \code{TRUE}, the \code{jobs} argument is ignored.}
+under your user name. This terminates ALL your SGE jobs,
+regardless of whether \code{crew.cluster} launched them,
+so use with caution!}
 }
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