---
description: The stop command description and usage
keywords:
- stop, SIGKILL, SIGTERM
menu:
  main:
    parent: smn_cli
title: stop
---

# 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)
```

The main process inside the container will receive `SIGTERM`, and after a grace
period, `SIGKILL`.