diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 4bee8b255..fca3bfe6c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -4,20 +4,25 @@ Creator:
 
 Contributors:
     Kai Keller
+    Alexandre de Limas Santana
     Konstantinos Parasyris
     Karol Sierociński
     Tomasz Paluszkiewicz
-    Alexandre de Limas Santana
     Sawsane Ouchtal
     Julien Bigot
     Nuria Losada
-    Slawomir Zdanowski
+    Pak Markthub
+    Max Baird
+    Mohamed Gaalich
     Adele Villiermet
+    Slawomir Zdanowski
 
 Acknowledgements:
 
 This work has been supported by EU H2020 ICT project LEGaTO, contract #780681, 
-and the EU H2020 Mont-Blanc 2020 project under Grant Agreement #779877.
+the EU Horizon 2020 (H2020) funding framework under grant/award #824158;
+Energy oriented Centre of Excellence II (EoCoE-II) and the EU H2020 
+Mont-Blanc 2020 project under Grant Agreement #779877.
 This scientific/academic work is financed from financial resources for science
 in the years 2016 - 2018 granted for the realization of the international
 project co-financed by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
diff --git a/docs/source/configuration.rst b/docs/source/configuration.rst
index 6fef3ec1d..13e4bfd4a 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/source/configuration.rst
@@ -778,3 +778,25 @@ local_test
 (\ *default = 1*\ )  
 
 
+fast_forward
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+..
+
+   This parameter allows the checkpoint interval to be speeded up by the value given to this parameter. In other words, the interval is divided by the fast_forward value. For example, if ckpt_l1 is set to 15, a fast_forward configuration of 5 will result in L1 checkpoints every 3 minutes. A fast_forward rate of 1 keeps the same checkpoint interval frequency.
+
+
+.. list-table::
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Value
+     - Meaning
+   * - int
+     - Fast forward rate. Must be between 1 and 10.
+
+
+(\ *default = 1*\ )  
+
+
+