diff --git a/components/engine/api/client/container/restart.go b/components/engine/api/client/container/restart.go
index 4e80e1250a..f9b775ce15 100644
--- a/components/engine/api/client/container/restart.go
+++ b/components/engine/api/client/container/restart.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func NewRestartCommand(dockerCli *client.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "restart [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]",
-		Short: "Restart a container",
+		Short: "Restart one or more containers",
 		Args:  cli.RequiresMinArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			opts.containers = args
diff --git a/components/engine/docs/reference/commandline/restart.md b/components/engine/docs/reference/commandline/restart.md
index 661e16d4de..9e40a4f6c4 100644
--- a/components/engine/docs/reference/commandline/restart.md
+++ b/components/engine/docs/reference/commandline/restart.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ parent = "smn_cli"
 ```markdown
 Usage:  docker restart [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
 
-Restart a container
+Restart one or more containers
 
 Options:
       --help       Print usage
diff --git a/components/engine/man/docker.1.md b/components/engine/man/docker.1.md
index cf91741c7d..ecf048ef39 100644
--- a/components/engine/man/docker.1.md
+++ b/components/engine/man/docker.1.md
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ inside it)
   See **docker-rename(1)** for full documentation on the **rename** command.
 
 **restart**
-  Restart a container
+  Restart one or more containers
   See **docker-restart(1)** for full documentation on the **restart** command.
 
 **rm**