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## DESCRIPTION
Stops one or more containers. You may use container IDs or names as input. The **--timeout** switch
allows you to specify the number of seconds to wait before forcibly stopping the container after the stop command
-is issued to the container. The default is 10 seconds.
+is issued to the container. The default is 10 seconds. By default, containers are stopped with SIGTERM
+and then SIGKILL after the timeout. The SIGTERM default can be overridden by the image used to create the
+container and also via command line when creating the container.
## OPTIONS