Merge pull request #3549 from marcov/evict-container

Add ability to evict a container

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/podman/rm.go b/cmd/podman/rm.go
index 9e3ce4d0b..89062f524 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/rm.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/rm.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var (
 	rmCommand     cliconfig.RmValues
 	rmDescription = fmt.Sprintf(`Removes one or more containers from the host. The container name or ID can be used.
 
-  Command does not remove images. Running containers will not be removed without the -f option.`)
+  Command does not remove images. Running or unusable containers will not be removed without the -f option.`)
 	_rmCommand = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "rm [flags] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]",
 		Short: "Remove one or more containers",
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ var (
 		},
 		Example: `podman rm imageID
   podman rm mywebserver myflaskserver 860a4b23
-  podman rm --force --all`,
+  podman rm --force --all
+  podman rm -f c684f0d469f2`,
 	}
 )
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ func init() {
 	rmCommand.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
 	flags := rmCommand.Flags()
 	flags.BoolVarP(&rmCommand.All, "all", "a", false, "Remove all containers")
-	flags.BoolVarP(&rmCommand.Force, "force", "f", false, "Force removal of a running container.  The default is false")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&rmCommand.Force, "force", "f", false, "Force removal of a running or unusable container.  The default is false")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&rmCommand.Latest, "latest", "l", false, "Act on the latest container podman is aware of")
 	flags.BoolVar(&rmCommand.Storage, "storage", false, "Remove container from storage library")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&rmCommand.Volumes, "volumes", "v", false, "Remove the volumes associated with the container")