first async IO code drop
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 99508a0..d5bf00c 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -1535,7 +1535,10 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_GFAPI
 			  { .ival = "gfapi",
-			    .help = "Glusterfs libgfapi based engine"
+			    .help = "Glusterfs libgfapi(sync) based engine"
+			  },
+			  { .ival = "gfapi_async",
+			    .help = "Glusterfs libgfapi(async) based engine"
 			  },
 #endif