diff --git a/chroot/run.go b/chroot/run.go
index fbccbcdb0d..04d735b689 100644
--- a/chroot/run.go
+++ b/chroot/run.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func RunUsingChroot(spec *specs.Spec, bundlePath, homeDir string, stdin io.Reade
 	cmd := unshare.Command(runUsingChrootCommand)
 	cmd.Stdin, cmd.Stdout, cmd.Stderr = stdin, stdout, stderr
 	cmd.Dir = "/"
-	cmd.Env = append([]string{fmt.Sprintf("LOGLEVEL=%d", logrus.GetLevel())}, os.Environ()...)
+	cmd.Env = []string{fmt.Sprintf("LOGLEVEL=%d", logrus.GetLevel())}
 
 	logrus.Debugf("Running %#v in %#v", cmd.Cmd, cmd)
 	confwg.Add(1)
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ func runUsingChrootMain() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	if options.Spec == nil || options.Spec.Process == nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "invalid options spec in runUsingChrootMain\n")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	// Prepare to shuttle stdio back and forth.
 	rootUID32, rootGID32, err := util.GetHostRootIDs(options.Spec)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -565,7 +570,7 @@ func runUsingChroot(spec *specs.Spec, bundlePath string, ctty *os.File, stdin io
 	cmd := unshare.Command(append([]string{runUsingChrootExecCommand}, spec.Process.Args...)...)
 	cmd.Stdin, cmd.Stdout, cmd.Stderr = stdin, stdout, stderr
 	cmd.Dir = "/"
-	cmd.Env = append([]string{fmt.Sprintf("LOGLEVEL=%d", logrus.GetLevel())}, os.Environ()...)
+	cmd.Env = []string{fmt.Sprintf("LOGLEVEL=%d", logrus.GetLevel())}
 	cmd.UnshareFlags = syscall.CLONE_NEWUTS | syscall.CLONE_NEWNS
 	requestedUserNS := false
 	for _, ns := range spec.Linux.Namespaces {
@@ -655,6 +660,11 @@ func runUsingChrootExecMain() {
 	// Set the hostname.  We're already in a distinct UTS namespace and are admins in the user
 	// namespace which created it, so we shouldn't get a permissions error, but seccomp policy
 	// might deny our attempt to call sethostname() anyway, so log a debug message for that.
+	if options.Spec == nil || options.Spec.Process == nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "invalid options spec passed in\n")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	if options.Spec.Hostname != "" {
 		if err := unix.Sethostname([]byte(options.Spec.Hostname)); err != nil {
 			logrus.Debugf("failed to set hostname %q for process: %v", options.Spec.Hostname, err)
@@ -803,7 +813,6 @@ func runUsingChrootExecMain() {
 // Output debug messages when that differs from what we're being asked to do.
 func logNamespaceDiagnostics(spec *specs.Spec) {
 	sawMountNS := false
-	sawUserNS := false
 	sawUTSNS := false
 	for _, ns := range spec.Linux.Namespaces {
 		switch ns.Type {
@@ -838,9 +847,8 @@ func logNamespaceDiagnostics(spec *specs.Spec) {
 			}
 		case specs.UserNamespace:
 			if ns.Path != "" {
-				logrus.Debugf("unable to join user namespace %q, creating a new one", ns.Path)
+				logrus.Debugf("unable to join user namespace, sorry about that")
 			}
-			sawUserNS = true
 		case specs.UTSNamespace:
 			if ns.Path != "" {
 				logrus.Debugf("unable to join UTS namespace %q, creating a new one", ns.Path)
@@ -851,9 +859,6 @@ func logNamespaceDiagnostics(spec *specs.Spec) {
 	if !sawMountNS {
 		logrus.Debugf("mount namespace not requested, but creating a new one anyway")
 	}
-	if !sawUserNS {
-		logrus.Debugf("user namespace not requested, but creating a new one anyway")
-	}
 	if !sawUTSNS {
 		logrus.Debugf("UTS namespace not requested, but creating a new one anyway")
 	}
diff --git a/docs/buildah-bud.md b/docs/buildah-bud.md
index 3857105eb9..116e10b1d9 100644
--- a/docs/buildah-bud.md
+++ b/docs/buildah-bud.md
@@ -261,11 +261,13 @@ another process.
 Controls what type of isolation is used for running processes as part of `RUN`
 instructions.  Recognized types include *oci* (OCI-compatible runtime, the
 default), *rootless* (OCI-compatible runtime invoked using a modified
-configuration, with *--no-new-keyring* added to its *create*
-invocation, with network and UTS namespaces disabled, and IPC, PID,
-and user namespaces enabled; the default for unprivileged users), and
-*chroot* (an internal wrapper that leans more toward chroot(1) than
-container technology).
+configuration, with *--no-new-keyring* added to its *create* invocation,
+reusing the host's network and UTS namespaces, and creating private IPC, PID,
+mount, and user namespaces; the default for unprivileged users), and *chroot*
+(an internal wrapper that leans more toward chroot(1) than container
+technology, reusing the host's control group, network, IPC, and PID namespaces,
+and creating private mount and UTS namespaces, and creating user namespaces
+only when they're required for ID mapping).
 
 Note: You can also override the default isolation type by setting the
 BUILDAH\_ISOLATION environment variable.  `export BUILDAH_ISOLATION=oci`
diff --git a/docs/buildah-from.md b/docs/buildah-from.md
index 87c777b351..7b20d43b80 100644
--- a/docs/buildah-from.md
+++ b/docs/buildah-from.md
@@ -213,11 +213,13 @@ another process.
 Controls what type of isolation is used for running processes under `buildah
 run`.  Recognized types include *oci* (OCI-compatible runtime, the default),
 *rootless* (OCI-compatible runtime invoked using a modified
-configuration, with *--no-new-keyring* added to its *create*
-invocation, with network and UTS namespaces disabled, and IPC, PID,
-and user namespaces enabled; the default for unprivileged users), and
-*chroot* (an internal wrapper that leans more toward chroot(1) than
-container technology).
+configuration, with *--no-new-keyring* added to its *create* invocation,
+reusing the host's network and UTS namespaces, and creating private IPC, PID,
+mount, and user namespaces; the default for unprivileged users), and *chroot*
+(an internal wrapper that leans more toward chroot(1) than container
+technology, reusing the host's control group, network, IPC, and PID namespaces,
+and creating private mount and UTS namespaces, and creating user namespaces
+only when they're required for ID mapping).
 
 Note: You can also override the default isolation type by setting the
 BUILDAH\_ISOLATION environment variable.  `export BUILDAH_ISOLATION=oci`
diff --git a/docs/buildah-run.md b/docs/buildah-run.md
index 6273ce12da..117350b408 100644
--- a/docs/buildah-run.md
+++ b/docs/buildah-run.md
@@ -76,10 +76,13 @@ process.
 Controls what type of isolation is used for running the process.  Recognized
 types include *oci* (OCI-compatible runtime, the default), *rootless*
 (OCI-compatible runtime invoked using a modified configuration, with
-*--no-new-keyring* added to its *create* invocation, with network and
-UTS namespaces disabled, and IPC, PID, and user namespaces enabled;
-the default for unprivileged users), and *chroot* (an internal wrapper
-that leans more toward chroot(1) than container technology).
+*--no-new-keyring* added to its *create* invocation, reusing the host's network
+and UTS namespaces, and creating private IPC, PID, mount, and user namespaces;
+the default for unprivileged users), and *chroot* (an internal wrapper that
+leans more toward chroot(1) than container technology, reusing the host's
+control group, network, IPC, and PID namespaces, and creating private mount and
+UTS namespaces, and creating user namespaces only when they're required for ID
+mapping).
 
 Note: You can also override the default isolation type by setting the
 BUILDAH\_ISOLATION environment variable.  `export BUILDAH_ISOLATION=oci`