diff --git a/docs/userguide/networking/work-with-networks.md b/docs/userguide/networking/work-with-networks.md
index 148885d263..5071b6933e 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/networking/work-with-networks.md
+++ b/docs/userguide/networking/work-with-networks.md
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ $ docker run --net=isolated_nw --ip=172.25.3.3 -itd --name=container3 busybox
 As you can see you were able to specify the ip address for your container.
 As long as the network to which the container is connecting was created with
 a user specified subnet, you will be able to select the IPv4 and/or IPv6 address(es)
-for your container when executing `docker run` and `docker network connect` commands.
+for your container when executing `docker run` and `docker network connect` commands
+by respectively passing the `--ip` and `--ip6` flags for IPv4 and IPv6.
 The selected IP address is part of the container networking configuration and will be
 preserved across container reload. The feature is only available on user defined networks,
 because they guarantee their subnets configuration does not change across daemon reload.