@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ string is equivalent to setting the `--tlsverify` flag. The following are equiva

     $ export DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=1

     $ sudo docker ps

+The Docker client will honor the `HTTP_PROXY`, `HTTPS_PROXY`, and `NO_PROXY`

+environment variables (or the lowercase versions thereof). `HTTPS_PROXY` takes

+precedence over `HTTP_PROXY`. If you happen to have a proxy configured with the

+`HTTP_PROXY` or `HTTPS_PROXY` environment variables but still want to

+communicate with the Docker daemon over its default `unix` domain socket,

+setting the `NO_PROXY` environment variable to the path of the socket

+(`/var/run/docker.sock`) is required.

+

 ### Daemon storage-driver option

 The Docker daemon has support for several different image layer storage drivers: `aufs`,