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Explain the auto-removal of anonymous volumes at the description of 'create --rm' and 'run --rm' #4188

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion contrib/completion/fish/docker.fish
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Expand Up @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from create' -s p -l publish
complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from create' -s P -l publish-all -d 'Publish all exposed ports to random ports'
complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from create' -l read-only -d "Mount the container's root filesystem as read only"
complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from create' -l restart -d 'Restart policy to apply when a container exits'
complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from create' -l rm -d 'Automatically remove the container when it exits'
complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from create' -l rm -d 'Automatically remove the container and its associated anonymous volumes when it exits'
complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from create' -l runtime -d 'Runtime to use for this container'
complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from create' -l security-opt -d 'Security Options'
complete -c docker -A -f -n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from create' -l shm-size -d 'Size of /dev/shm'
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/reference/commandline/container_run.md
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Expand Up @@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ the container and remove the file system when the container exits, use the
`--rm` flag:

```text
--rm: Automatically remove the container when it exits
--rm: Automatically remove the container and its associated anonymous volumes when it exits
```

> [!NOTE]
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion man/docker-run.1.md
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Expand Up @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ its root filesystem mounted as read only prohibiting any writes.
Default is **no**.

**--rm** **true**|**false**
Automatically remove the container when it exits. The default is **false**.
Automatically remove the container and its associated anonymous volumes when it exits. The default is **false**.
`--rm` flag can work together with `-d`, and auto-removal will be done on
daemon side. Note that it's incompatible with any restart policy other than
`none`.
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