% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014 # NAME docker-stop - Stop a container by sending SIGTERM and then SIGKILL after a grace period # SYNOPSIS **docker stop** [**--help**] [**-t**|**--time**[=*10*]] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] # DESCRIPTION Stop a container (Send SIGTERM, and then SIGKILL after grace period) # OPTIONS **--help** Print usage statement **-t**, **--time**=*10* Number of seconds to wait for the container to stop before killing it. Default is 10 seconds. #See also **docker-start(1)** to restart a stopped container. # HISTORY April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>