diff --git a/docs/sources/userguide/dockerlinks.md b/docs/sources/userguide/dockerlinks.md index 5778eab85b..ce14bfa12a 100644 --- a/docs/sources/userguide/dockerlinks.md +++ b/docs/sources/userguide/dockerlinks.md @@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ recipient container in two ways: ### Environment Variables -When two containers are linked, Docker will set some envrionment variables +When two containers are linked, Docker will set some environment variables in the target container to enable programmatic discovery of information related to the source container. -First, Docker will set a `_NAME` environment variable specifying the +First, Docker will set an `_NAME` environment variable specifying the alias of each target container that was given in a `--link` parameter. So, for example, if a new container called `web` is being linked to a database container called `db` via `--link db:webdb` then in the `web` container