diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
index 52917f155f..4534afe932 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
@@ -738,15 +738,15 @@ specify this by adding the server name.
 
       -f, --follow=false        Follow log output
       -t, --timestamps=false    Show timestamps
-      --tail="all"              Output the specified number of lines at the end of logs (all logs by default)
+      --tail="all"              Output the specified number of lines at the end of logs (defaults to all logs)
 
 The `docker logs` command batch-retrieves logs present at the time of execution.
 
 The `docker logs --follow` command will continue streaming the new output from
 the container's `STDOUT` and `STDERR`.
 
-Passing a negative number or a non-integer to --tail is invalid and the
-value is set to all in that case. This behavior may change in the future.
+Passing a negative number or a non-integer to `--tail` is invalid and the
+value is set to `all` in that case. This behavior may change in the future.
 
 ## port