@@ -477,8 +477,8 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdInfo(args ...string) error {

 }

 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdStop(args ...string) error {

-	cmd := cli.Subcmd("stop", "[OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]", "Stop a running container (Send SIGTERM, and then SIGKILL after grace period)")

-	nSeconds := cmd.Int([]string{"t", "-time"}, 10, "Number of seconds to wait for the container to stop before killing it.")

+	cmd := cli.Subcmd("stop", "[OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]", "Stop a running container (Send SIGTERM)")

+	nSeconds := cmd.Int([]string{"t", "-time"}, 10, "Number of seconds to wait for the container to stop.")

 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {

 		return nil

 	}

@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdStop(args ...string) error {

 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdRestart(args ...string) error {

 	cmd := cli.Subcmd("restart", "[OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]", "Restart a running container")

-	nSeconds := cmd.Int([]string{"t", "-time"}, 10, "Number of seconds to try to stop for before killing the container. Once killed it will then be restarted. Default=10")

+	nSeconds := cmd.Int([]string{"t", "-time"}, 10, "Number of seconds to wait for the container to stop. Default=10")

 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {

 		return nil

 	}

@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ Stop a container

            HTTP/1.1 204 OK

-        :query t: number of seconds to wait before killing the container

+        :query t: number of seconds to wait for the container to stop

         :statuscode 204: no error

         :statuscode 404: no such container

         :statuscode 500: server error

@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ Restart a container

            HTTP/1.1 204 OK

-        :query t: number of seconds to wait before killing the container

+        :query t: number of seconds to wait for the container to stop

         :statuscode 204: no error

         :statuscode 404: no such container

         :statuscode 500: server error

@@ -1366,11 +1366,11 @@ This example shows 5 containers that might be set up to test a web application c

     Usage: docker stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

-    Stop a running container (Send SIGTERM, and then SIGKILL after grace period)

+    Stop a running container (Send SIGTERM)

-      -t, --time=10: Number of seconds to wait for the container to stop before killing it.

+      -t, --time=10: Number of seconds to wait for the container to stop.

-The main process inside the container will receive SIGTERM, and after a grace period, SIGKILL

+The main process inside the container will receive SIGTERM.

 .. _cli_tag:

@@ -890,20 +890,12 @@ func (container *Container) Stop(seconds int) error {

 	// 1. Send a SIGTERM

 	if err := container.KillSig(15); err != nil {

-		utils.Debugf("Error sending kill SIGTERM: %s", err)

-		log.Print("Failed to send SIGTERM to the process, force killing")

-		if err := container.KillSig(9); err != nil {

-			return err

-		}

+		return err

 	}

 	// 2. Wait for the process to exit on its own

 	if err := container.WaitTimeout(time.Duration(seconds) * time.Second); err != nil {

-		log.Printf("Container %v failed to exit within %d seconds of SIGTERM - using the force", container.ID, seconds)

-		// 3. If it doesn't, then send SIGKILL

-		if err := container.Kill(); err != nil {

-			return err

-		}

+		return err

 	}

 	return nil

 }