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-rw-r--r--cmd/podman/rm.go2
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-rm.1.md3
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/rm.go b/cmd/podman/rm.go
index 89062f524..6329a9d8e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/rm.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/rm.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func init() {
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")
+ flags.BoolVarP(&rmCommand.Volumes, "volumes", "v", false, "Remove anonymous volumes associated with the container")
markFlagHiddenForRemoteClient("storage", flags)
markFlagHiddenForRemoteClient("latest", flags)
}
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-rm.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-rm.1.md
index 207d9d61d..c1663129c 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-rm.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-rm.1.md
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ The storage option conflicts with the **--all**, **--latest**, and **--volumes**
**--volumes**, **-v**
-Remove the volumes associated with the container.
+Remove anonymous volumes associated with the container. This does not include named volumes
+created with `podman volume create`, or the `--volume` option of `podman run` and `podman create`.
## EXAMPLE
Remove a container by its name *mywebserver*