diff --git a/examples/parallel/README.md b/examples/parallel/README.md
index ece3a6641..2468a30d2 100644
--- a/examples/parallel/README.md
+++ b/examples/parallel/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Simplified simulation of serving incoming requests in parallel
 
 ## Example
 
-Generate 128 client requests (`-ns 128`), simulating 8 concurrent clients (`-np 8`). The system prompt is shared (`-pps`), meaning that it is computed once at the start. The client requests consist of 10 junk questions (`-j 10`) followed by the actual question.
+Generate 128 client requests (`-ns 128`), simulating 8 concurrent clients (`-np 8`). The system prompt is shared (`-pps`), meaning that it is computed once at the start. The client requests consist of up to 10 junk questions (`--junk 10`) followed by the actual question.
 
 ```bash
 llama-parallel -m model.gguf -np 8 -ns 128 --top-k 1 -pps --junk 10 -c 16384
diff --git a/examples/parallel/parallel.cpp b/examples/parallel/parallel.cpp
index acb1301a2..931ea0035 100644
--- a/examples/parallel/parallel.cpp
+++ b/examples/parallel/parallel.cpp
@@ -315,7 +315,10 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
                     } else {
                         client.prompt += k_system;
                     }
-                    for (int i = 0; i < n_junk; ++i) {
+
+                    const int n_junk_cur = rand() % n_junk;
+
+                    for (int i = 0; i < n_junk_cur; ++i) {
                         const int r = rand() % k_questions.size();
                         client.prompt += "User:\n" + k_questions[r] + "\nAssistant:\n " + k_answers[r] + "\n";
                     }
@@ -340,7 +343,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
                     client.n_decoded = 0;
                     client.i_batch   = batch.n_tokens - 1;
 
-                    LOG_INF("\033[31mClient %3d, seq %4d, started decoding ...\033[0m\n", client.id, client.seq_id);
+                    LOG_INF("\033[31mClient %3d, seq %4d, junk = %4d, started decoding ...\033[0m\n", client.id, client.seq_id, n_junk_cur);
 
                     g_seq_id += 1;