6 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create.go b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
index d496ae308..c3d00d293 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *ContainerCLIOpts) {
 	createFlags.UintVar(
 		&cf.StopTimeout,
 		stopTimeoutFlagName, containerConfig.Engine.StopTimeout,
-		"Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container. Default is 10",
+		"Timeout (in seconds) that containers stopped by user command have to exit. If exceeded, the container will be forcibly stopped via SIGKILL.",
 	)
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(stopTimeoutFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
@@ -697,6 +697,14 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *ContainerCLIOpts) {
 	)
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(systemdFlagName, AutocompleteSystemdFlag)
 
+	timeoutFlagName := "timeout"
+	createFlags.UintVar(
+		&cf.Timeout,
+		timeoutFlagName, 0,
+		"Maximum length of time a container is allowed to run. The container will be killed automatically after the time expires.",
+	)
+	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(timeoutFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+
 	tmpfsFlagName := "tmpfs"
 	createFlags.StringArrayVar(
 		&cf.TmpFS,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go b/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
index 983b9e5ca..ca36d751e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ type ContainerCLIOpts struct {
 	SubGIDName        string
 	Sysctl            []string
 	Systemd           string
+	Timeout           uint
 	TmpFS             []string
 	TTY               bool
 	Timezone          string
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go b/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go
index 310a07a00..f889a0169 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *ContainerCLIOpts, args []string
 	}
 	s.Remove = c.Rm
 	s.StopTimeout = &c.StopTimeout
+	s.Timeout = c.Timeout
 	s.Timezone = c.Timezone
 	s.Umask = c.Umask
 	s.Secrets = c.Secrets
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/stop.go b/cmd/podman/containers/stop.go
index bed45f374..62ce9b036 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/stop.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/stop.go
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ func stopFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		_ = flags.MarkHidden("cidfile")
 		_ = flags.MarkHidden("ignore")
 	}
-	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(utils.AliasFlags)
+
+	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(utils.TimeoutAliasFlags)
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/generate/systemd.go b/cmd/podman/generate/systemd.go
index 72b2e6335..8a8f5016a 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/generate/systemd.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/generate/systemd.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func init() {
 	flags.StringVar(&format, formatFlagName, "", "Print the created units in specified format (json)")
 	_ = systemdCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(formatFlagName, common.AutocompleteFormat(nil))
 
-	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(utils.AliasFlags)
+	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(utils.TimeoutAliasFlags)
 }
 
 func systemd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go b/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go
index 8d089920b..306e610d9 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ func AliasFlags(f *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
 		name = "health-timeout"
 	case "net":
 		name = "network"
-	case "timeout":
-		name = "time"
 	case "namespace":
 		name = "ns"
 	case "storage":
@@ -34,3 +32,12 @@ func AliasFlags(f *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
 	}
 	return pflag.NormalizedName(name)
 }
+
+// TimeoutAliasFlags is a function to handle backwards compatibility with old timeout flags
+func TimeoutAliasFlags(f *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
+	switch name {
+	case "timeout":
+		name = "time"
+	}
+	return pflag.NormalizedName(name)
+}