diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_lifecycle/workspaces.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_lifecycle/workspaces.md
index 8e7da9b498e173789012a1848d7bb6ee976dc1c7..e88fdd8af794278a6da23b1cf32b6042f50042e9 100644
--- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_lifecycle/workspaces.md
+++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_lifecycle/workspaces.md
@@ -244,8 +244,9 @@ calling the actual software to do your computation).
 
     test ! -f "${INPUTFILE}" && echo "Error: Could not find the input file ${INPUTFILE}" && exit 1
 
+    # Allocate workspace. Adjust time span to time limit of the job (-d <N>).
     COMPUTE_DIR=computation_$SLURM_JOB_ID
-    export WORKSPACE_DIR=$(ws_allocate -F ssd ${COMPUTE_DIR} 7)
+    export WORKSPACE_DIR=$(ws_allocate -F ssd -n ${COMPUTE_DIR} -d 7)
     echo ${WORKSPACE_DIR}
 
     # Check allocation
diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/nanoscale_simulations.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/nanoscale_simulations.md
index e16ec8bdb5410014d8bfc1411087e50a4d50dfab..d7a90eb4bf0af3fe417fe9e6c89d7c44a400be28 100644
--- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/nanoscale_simulations.md
+++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/nanoscale_simulations.md
@@ -139,8 +139,9 @@ However hereafter we have an example on how that might look like for Gaussian:
 
     test ! -f "${INPUTFILE}" && echo "Error: Could not find the input file ${INPUTFILE}" && exit 1
 
+    # Allocate workspace. Adjust time span to time limit of the job (-d <N>).
     COMPUTE_DIR=gaussian_${SLURM_JOB_ID}
-    export GAUSS_SCRDIR=$(ws_allocate -F ssd ${COMPUTE_DIR} 7)
+    export GAUSS_SCRDIR=$(ws_allocate -F ssd -n ${COMPUTE_DIR} -d 7)
     echo ${GAUSS_SCRDIR}
 
     # Check allocation.