github.com/stchris/docker@v1.4.2-0.20150106053530-1510a324dbd5/docs/man/docker-stop.1.md (about) 1 % DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals 2 % Docker Community 3 % JUNE 2014 4 # NAME 5 docker-stop - Stop a running container by sending SIGTERM and then SIGKILL after a grace period 6 7 # SYNOPSIS 8 **docker stop** 9 [**-t**|**--time**[=*10*]] 10 CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] 11 12 # DESCRIPTION 13 Stop a running container (Send SIGTERM, and then SIGKILL after 14 grace period) 15 16 # OPTIONS 17 **-t**, **--time**=10 18 Number of seconds to wait for the container to stop before killing it. Default is 10 seconds. 19 20 # HISTORY 21 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 22 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 23 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>