diff --git a/elasticsearch/README.md b/elasticsearch/README.md
index f7a0e32a..4b66be17 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ schema-free JSON documents.
 
 You can run the default `elasticsearch` command simply:
 
-    docker run -it --rm elasticsearch
+    docker run -d elasticsearch
 
 You can also pass in additional flags to `elasticsearch`:
 
-    docker run -it --rm elasticsearch elasticsearch -Des.node.name="TestNode"
+    docker run -d elasticsearch elasticsearch -Des.node.name="TestNode"
 
 This image comes with a default set of configuration files for `elasticsearch`,
 but if you want to provide your own set of configuration files, you can do so
-via a volume bindmount.
+via a volume mounted at `/usr/share/elasticsearch/config`:
 
-    docker run -it --rm -v "$PWD/config":/usr/share/elasticsearch/config elasticsearch
+    docker run -d -v "$PWD/config":/usr/share/elasticsearch/config elasticsearch
 
 # License
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/content.md b/elasticsearch/content.md
index f7b13dba..203df33d 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/content.md
+++ b/elasticsearch/content.md
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ schema-free JSON documents.
 
 You can run the default `elasticsearch` command simply:
 
-    docker run -it --rm elasticsearch
+    docker run -d elasticsearch
 
 You can also pass in additional flags to `elasticsearch`:
 
-    docker run -it --rm elasticsearch elasticsearch -Des.node.name="TestNode"
+    docker run -d elasticsearch elasticsearch -Des.node.name="TestNode"
 
 This image comes with a default set of configuration files for `elasticsearch`,
 but if you want to provide your own set of configuration files, you can do so
-via a volume bindmount.
+via a volume mounted at `/usr/share/elasticsearch/config`:
 
-    docker run -it --rm -v "$PWD/config":/usr/share/elasticsearch/config elasticsearch
+    docker run -d -v "$PWD/config":/usr/share/elasticsearch/config elasticsearch