@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM debian

 ADD check.sh main.sh /app/

 CMD /app/main.sh

 HEALTHCHECK

-HEALTHCHECK --interval=5s --timeout=3s --retries=1 \

+HEALTHCHECK --interval=5s --timeout=3s --retries=3 \

   CMD /app/check.sh --quiet

 HEALTHCHECK CMD

 HEALTHCHECK   CMD   a b

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 (add "check.sh" "main.sh" "/app/")

 (cmd "/app/main.sh")

 (healthcheck)

-(healthcheck ["--interval=5s" "--timeout=3s" "--retries=1"] "CMD" "/app/check.sh --quiet")

+(healthcheck ["--interval=5s" "--timeout=3s" "--retries=3"] "CMD" "/app/check.sh --quiet")

 (healthcheck "CMD")

 (healthcheck "CMD" "a b")

 (healthcheck ["--timeout=3s"] "CMD" "foo")

@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ const (

 	// than this, the check is considered to have failed.

 	defaultProbeTimeout = 30 * time.Second

+	// Default number of consecutive failures of the health check

+	// for the container to be considered unhealthy.

+	defaultProbeRetries = 3

+

 	// Shut down a container if it becomes Unhealthy.

 	defaultExitOnUnhealthy = true

@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ func handleProbeResult(d *Daemon, c *container.Container, result *types.Healthch

 	retries := c.Config.Healthcheck.Retries

 	if retries <= 0 {

-		retries = 1 // Default if unset or set to an invalid value

+		retries = defaultProbeRetries

 	}

 	h := c.State.Health

@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ The options that can appear before `CMD` are:

 * `--interval=DURATION` (default: `30s`)

 * `--timeout=DURATION` (default: `30s`)

-* `--retries=N` (default: `1`)

+* `--retries=N` (default: `3`)

 The health check will first run **interval** seconds after the container is

 started, and then again **interval** seconds after each previous check completes.