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-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md3
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
index f56319cf3..32dd6d680 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
@@ -996,8 +996,7 @@ Without this argument the command will be run as root in the container.
#### **\-\-userns**=private
#### **\-\-userns**=*ns:my_namespace*
-Set the user namespace mode for the container. It defaults to the **PODMAN_USERNS** environment variable. An empty value means user namespaces are disabled.
-
+Set the user namespace mode for the container. It defaults to the **PODMAN_USERNS** environment variable. An empty value ("") means user namespaces are disabled unless an explicit mapping is set with the **\-\-uidmap** and **\-\-gidmap** options.
- `auto`: automatically create a namespace. It is possible to specify other options to `auto`. The supported options are
**size=SIZE** to specify an explicit size for the automatic user namespace. e.g. `--userns=auto:size=8192`. If `size` is not specified, `auto` will guess a size for the user namespace.
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
index fcb5a13ec..3437efe89 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
@@ -1072,7 +1072,9 @@ When a user namespace is not in use, the UID and GID used within the container a
#### **\-\-userns**=**auto**|**host**|**keep-id**|**container:**_id_|**ns:**_namespace_
-Set the user namespace mode for the container. It defaults to the **PODMAN_USERNS** environment variable. An empty value ("") means user namespaces are disabled unless an explicit mapping is set with they `--uidmapping` and `--gidmapping` options.
+Set the user namespace mode for the container. It defaults to the **PODMAN_USERNS** environment variable. An empty value ("") means user namespaces are disabled unless an explicit mapping is set with the **\-\-uidmap** and **\-\-gidmap** options.
+
+Valid _mode_ values are:
- **auto**: automatically create a namespace. It is possible to specify other options to `auto`. The supported options are
**size=SIZE** to specify an explicit size for the automatic user namespace. e.g. `--userns=auto:size=8192`. If `size` is not specified, `auto` will guess a size for the user namespace.