docker-stop man page

docker stop [--help] [-t|--time[=10]] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

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

--help

Print usage statement

-t, --time=10

Number of seconds to wait for the container to stop before killing it. Default is 10 seconds.

#See also docker-start(1) to restart a stopped container.

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⟩

docker(1), docker-start(1).