% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014 # NAME docker-history - Show the history of an image # SYNOPSIS **docker history** [**--help**] [**-H**|**--human**[=*true*]] [**--no-trunc**] [**-q**|**--quiet**] IMAGE # DESCRIPTION Show the history of when and how an image was created. # OPTIONS **--help** Print usage statement **-H**, **--human**=*true*|*false* Print sizes and dates in human readable format. The default is *true*. **--no-trunc**=*true*|*false* Don't truncate output. The default is *false*. **-q**, **--quiet**=*true*|*false* Only show numeric IDs. The default is *false*. # EXAMPLES $ docker history fedora IMAGE CREATED CREATED BY SIZE COMMENT 105182bb5e8b 5 days ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:71356d2ad59aa3119d 372.7 MB 73bd853d2ea5 13 days ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Lokesh Mandvekar 0 B 511136ea3c5a 10 months ago 0 B Imported from - ## Display comments in the image history The `docker commit` command has a **-m** flag for adding comments to the image. These comments will be displayed in the image history. $ sudo docker history docker:scm IMAGE CREATED CREATED BY SIZE COMMENT 2ac9d1098bf1 3 months ago /bin/bash 241.4 MB Added Apache to Fedora base image 88b42ffd1f7c 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:1fd8d7f9f6557cafc7 373.7 MB c69cab00d6ef 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Lokesh Mandvekar 0 B 511136ea3c5a 19 months ago 0 B Imported from - # 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>