DockerCLI/docs/reference/commandline/stop.md

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---
title: "stop"
description: "The stop command description and usage"
keywords: "stop, SIGKILL, SIGTERM"
---
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# stop
```markdown
Usage: docker stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
Stop one or more running containers
Options:
--help Print usage
-t, --time int Seconds to wait for stop before killing it (default 10)
```
## Description
The main process inside the container will receive `SIGTERM`, and after a grace
period, `SIGKILL`.
## Examples
```bash
$ docker stop my_container
```