diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/logs.md b/docs/reference/commandline/logs.md index 49005d09db..3b7a96c43c 100644 --- a/docs/reference/commandline/logs.md +++ b/docs/reference/commandline/logs.md @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ weight=1 -t, --timestamps=false Show timestamps --tail="all" Number of lines to show from the end of the logs -NOTE: this command is available only for containers with `json-file` and -`journald` logging drivers. +> **Note**: this command is available only for containers with `json-file` and +> `journald` logging drivers. The `docker logs` command batch-retrieves logs present at the time of execution. @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ the container's `STDOUT` and `STDERR`. Passing a negative number or a non-integer to `--tail` is invalid and the value is set to `all` in that case. -The `docker logs --timestamp` commands will add an RFC3339Nano -timestamp, for example `2014-09-16T06:17:46.000000000Z`, to each +The `docker logs --timestamp` commands will add an [RFC3339Nano timestamp](https://golang.org/pkg/time/#pkg-constants) +, for example `2014-09-16T06:17:46.000000000Z`, to each log entry. To ensure that the timestamps for are aligned the nano-second part of the timestamp will be padded with zero when necessary.