@@ -314,23 +314,20 @@ func user(b *Builder, args []string, attributes map[string]bool) error {

 // VOLUME /foo

 //

-// Expose the volume /foo for use. Will also accept the JSON form, but either

-// way requires exactly one argument.

+// Expose the volume /foo for use. Will also accept the JSON array form.

 //

 func volume(b *Builder, args []string, attributes map[string]bool) error {

-	if len(args) != 1 {

+	if len(args) == 0 {

 		return fmt.Errorf("Volume cannot be empty")

 	}

-	volume := args

-

 	if b.Config.Volumes == nil {

 		b.Config.Volumes = map[string]struct{}{}

 	}

-	for _, v := range volume {

+	for _, v := range args {

 		b.Config.Volumes[v] = struct{}{}

 	}

-	if err := b.commit("", b.Config.Cmd, fmt.Sprintf("VOLUME %s", args)); err != nil {

+	if err := b.commit("", b.Config.Cmd, fmt.Sprintf("VOLUME %v", args)); err != nil {

 		return err

 	}

 	return nil

@@ -135,3 +135,21 @@ func parseMaybeJSON(rest string) (*Node, map[string]bool, error) {

 	node.Value = rest

 	return node, nil, nil

 }

+

+// parseMaybeJSONToList determines if the argument appears to be a JSON array. If

+// so, passes to parseJSON; if not, attmpts to parse it as a whitespace

+// delimited string.

+func parseMaybeJSONToList(rest string) (*Node, map[string]bool, error) {

+	rest = strings.TrimSpace(rest)

+

+	node, attrs, err := parseJSON(rest)

+

+	if err == nil {

+		return node, attrs, nil

+	}

+	if err == errDockerfileJSONNesting {

+		return nil, nil, err

+	}

+

+	return parseStringsWhitespaceDelimited(rest)

+}

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func init() {

 		"cmd":            parseMaybeJSON,

 		"entrypoint":     parseMaybeJSON,

 		"expose":         parseStringsWhitespaceDelimited,

-		"volume":         parseMaybeJSON,

+		"volume":         parseMaybeJSONToList,

 		"insert":         parseIgnore,

 	}

 }

new file mode 100644

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@

+FROM foo

+

+VOLUME /opt/nagios/var /opt/nagios/etc /opt/nagios/libexec /var/log/apache2 /usr/share/snmp/mibs

new file mode 100644

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@

+(from "foo")

+(volume "/opt/nagios/var" "/opt/nagios/etc" "/opt/nagios/libexec" "/var/log/apache2" "/usr/share/snmp/mibs")

@@ -472,9 +472,10 @@ optional but default, you could use a `CMD` instruction:

 The `VOLUME` instruction will create a mount point with the specified name

 and mark it as holding externally mounted volumes from native host or other

 containers. The value can be a JSON array, `VOLUME ["/var/log/"]`, or a plain

-string, `VOLUME /var/log`. For more information/examples and mounting

-instructions via the Docker client, refer to [*Share Directories via Volumes*](

-/userguide/dockervolumes/#volume-def) documentation.

+string with multiple arguments, such as `VOLUME /var/log` or `VOLUME /var/log

+/var/db`.  For more information/examples and mounting instructions via the

+Docker client, refer to [*Share Directories via Volumes*](/userguide/dockervolumes/#volume-def)

+documentation.

 > **Note**:

 > The list is parsed a JSON array, which means that

@@ -728,13 +728,26 @@ func TestBuildWithVolumes(t *testing.T) {

 		result   map[string]map[string]struct{}

 		name     = "testbuildvolumes"

 		emptyMap = make(map[string]struct{})

-		expected = map[string]map[string]struct{}{"/test1": emptyMap, "/test2": emptyMap}

+		expected = map[string]map[string]struct{}{

+			"/test1":  emptyMap,

+			"/test2":  emptyMap,

+			"/test3":  emptyMap,

+			"/test4":  emptyMap,

+			"/test5":  emptyMap,

+			"/test6":  emptyMap,

+			"[/test7": emptyMap,

+			"/test8]": emptyMap,

+		}

 	)

 	defer deleteImages(name)

 	_, err := buildImage(name,

 		`FROM scratch

 		VOLUME /test1

-		VOLUME /test2`,

+		VOLUME /test2

+    VOLUME /test3 /test4

+    VOLUME ["/test5", "/test6"]

+    VOLUME [/test7 /test8]

+    `,

 		true)

 	if err != nil {

 		t.Fatal(err)