github.com/nf/docker@v1.8.1/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 weight=1 9 +++ 10 <![end-metadata]--> 11 12 # stop 13 14 Usage: docker stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] 15 16 Stop a running container by sending SIGTERM and then SIGKILL after a 17 grace period 18 19 -t, --time=10 Seconds to wait for stop before killing it 20 21 The main process inside the container will receive `SIGTERM`, and after a grace 22 period, `SIGKILL`.