github.com/brahmaroutu/docker@v1.2.1-0.20160809185609-eb28dde01f16/docs/reference/commandline/stop.md (about) 1 <!--[metadata]> 2 +++ 3 title = "stop" 4 description = "The stop command description and usage" 5 keywords = ["stop, SIGKILL, SIGTERM"] 6 [menu.main] 7 parent = "smn_cli" 8 +++ 9 <![end-metadata]--> 10 11 # stop 12 13 ```markdown 14 Usage: docker stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] 15 16 Stop one or more running containers 17 18 Options: 19 --help Print usage 20 -t, --time int Seconds to wait for stop before killing it (default 10) 21 ``` 22 23 The main process inside the container will receive `SIGTERM`, and after a grace 24 period, `SIGKILL`.