diff --git a/docs/man/docker-stats.1.md b/docs/man/docker-stats.1.md
index 975ef296e2..968babab53 100644
--- a/docs/man/docker-stats.1.md
+++ b/docs/man/docker-stats.1.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ docker-stats - Display a live stream of one or more containers' resource usage s
 
 Display a live stream of one or more containers' resource usage statistics
 
+Note: this functionality currently only works when using the *libcontainer* exec-driver.
+
 # OPTIONS
 **--help**
   Print usage statement
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api.md b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api.md
index 968cb114e9..30448b040d 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api.md
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ root filesystem as read only.
 **New!**
 This endpoint returns a live stream of a container's resource usage statistics.
 
+> **Note**: this functionality currently only works when using the *libcontainer* exec-driver.
+
 
 ## v1.16
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.17.md b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.17.md
index 68c4fb599d..b8e12c9567 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.17.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.17.md
@@ -523,6 +523,8 @@ Status Codes:
 
 This endpoint returns a live stream of a container's resource usage statistics.
 
+> **Note**: this functionality currently only works when using the *libcontainer* exec-driver.
+
 **Example request**:
 
         GET /containers/redis1/stats HTTP/1.1
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
index 17b378ecfb..f9a08400f7 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
@@ -2004,6 +2004,8 @@ more details on finding shared images from the command line.
 
       --help=false       Print usage
 
+> **Note**: this functionality currently only works when using the *libcontainer* exec-driver.
+
 Running `docker stats` on multiple containers
 
     $ sudo docker stats redis1 redis2