diff --git a/docs/reference/run.md b/docs/reference/run.md
index ba2fc2d918..4be50a2d02 100644
--- a/docs/reference/run.md
+++ b/docs/reference/run.md
@@ -605,6 +605,8 @@ with the same logic -- if the original volume was specified with a name it will
     --security-opt="label:disable"     : Turn off label confinement for the container
     --security-opt="apparmor:PROFILE"  : Set the apparmor profile to be applied
                                          to the container
+    --security-opt="no-new-privileges" : Disable container processes from gaining
+                                         new privileges
 
 You can override the default labeling scheme for each container by specifying
 the `--security-opt` flag. For example, you can specify the MCS/MLS level, a
@@ -631,6 +633,13 @@ command:
 
 > **Note**: You would have to write policy defining a `svirt_apache_t` type.
 
+If you want to prevent your container processes from gaining additional
+privileges, you can execute the following command:
+
+    $ docker run --security-opt no-new-privileges -it centos bash
+
+For more details, see [kernel documentation](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/prctl/no_new_privs.txt).
+
 ## Specifying custom cgroups
 
 Using the `--cgroup-parent` flag, you can pass a specific cgroup to run a
diff --git a/man/docker-run.1.md b/man/docker-run.1.md
index bf75fb68ef..7f5c21046f 100644
--- a/man/docker-run.1.md
+++ b/man/docker-run.1.md
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ its root filesystem mounted as read only prohibiting any writes.
     "label:type:TYPE"   : Set the label type for the container
     "label:level:LEVEL" : Set the label level for the container
     "label:disable"     : Turn off label confinement for the container
+    "no-new-privileges" : Disable container processes from gaining additional privileges
+
 
 **--stop-signal**=*SIGTERM*
   Signal to stop a container. Default is SIGTERM.