diff --git a/cli/command/container/restart.go b/cli/command/container/restart.go
index 7ac5751802..b86b822e1c 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/restart.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/restart.go
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type restartOptions struct {
-	nSeconds        int
-	nSecondsChanged bool
+	signal         string
+	timeout        int
+	timeoutChanged bool
 
 	containers []string
 }
@@ -30,14 +31,15 @@ func NewRestartCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 		Args:  cli.RequiresMinArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			opts.containers = args
-			opts.nSecondsChanged = cmd.Flags().Changed("time")
+			opts.timeoutChanged = cmd.Flags().Changed("time")
 			return runRestart(dockerCli, &opts)
 		},
 		ValidArgsFunction: completion.ContainerNames(dockerCli, true),
 	}
 
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
-	flags.IntVarP(&opts.nSeconds, "time", "t", 10, "Seconds to wait for stop before killing the container")
+	flags.StringVarP(&opts.signal, "signal", "s", "", "Signal to send to the container")
+	flags.IntVarP(&opts.timeout, "time", "t", 0, "Seconds to wait before killing the container")
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -45,11 +47,12 @@ func runRestart(dockerCli command.Cli, opts *restartOptions) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	var errs []string
 	var timeout *int
-	if opts.nSecondsChanged {
-		timeout = &opts.nSeconds
+	if opts.timeoutChanged {
+		timeout = &opts.timeout
 	}
 	for _, name := range opts.containers {
 		err := dockerCli.Client().ContainerRestart(ctx, name, container.StopOptions{
+			Signal:  opts.signal,
 			Timeout: timeout,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cli/command/container/stop.go b/cli/command/container/stop.go
index bcceb81351..e5664617b1 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/stop.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/stop.go
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type stopOptions struct {
-	time        int
-	timeChanged bool
+	signal         string
+	timeout        int
+	timeoutChanged bool
 
 	containers []string
 }
@@ -30,25 +31,27 @@ func NewStopCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 		Args:  cli.RequiresMinArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			opts.containers = args
-			opts.timeChanged = cmd.Flags().Changed("time")
+			opts.timeoutChanged = cmd.Flags().Changed("time")
 			return runStop(dockerCli, &opts)
 		},
 		ValidArgsFunction: completion.ContainerNames(dockerCli, false),
 	}
 
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
-	flags.IntVarP(&opts.time, "time", "t", 10, "Seconds to wait for stop before killing it")
+	flags.StringVarP(&opts.signal, "signal", "s", "", "Signal to send to the container")
+	flags.IntVarP(&opts.timeout, "time", "t", 0, "Seconds to wait before killing the container")
 	return cmd
 }
 
 func runStop(dockerCli command.Cli, opts *stopOptions) error {
 	var timeout *int
-	if opts.timeChanged {
-		timeout = &opts.time
+	if opts.timeoutChanged {
+		timeout = &opts.timeout
 	}
 
 	errChan := parallelOperation(context.Background(), opts.containers, func(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
 		return dockerCli.Client().ContainerStop(ctx, id, container.StopOptions{
+			Signal:  opts.signal,
 			Timeout: timeout,
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/restart.md b/docs/reference/commandline/restart.md
index aa64257d86..30cd15812b 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/restart.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/restart.md
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Usage:  docker restart [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
 Restart one or more containers
 
 Options:
-      --help       Print usage
-  -t, --time int   Seconds to wait for stop before killing the container (default 10)
+  -s, --signal string   Signal to send to the container
+  -t, --time int        Seconds to wait before killing the container
 ```
 
 ## Examples
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/stop.md b/docs/reference/commandline/stop.md
index fdc7d0ae72..04df574a03 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/stop.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/stop.md
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ 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)
+  -s, --signal string   Signal to send to the container
+  -t, --time int        Seconds to wait before killing the container
 ```
 
 ## Description