diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/start.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/start.rs
index 58da5631cd..cc0abd1ec4 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/start.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/start.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const DOCKER_TAG: &str = "testing";
 
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser, Clone)]
 pub struct Cmd {
-    /// Network to start
+    /// Network to start, e.g. local, testnet, futurenet
     pub network: String,
 
     /// optional argument to customize container name
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/stop.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/stop.rs
index 1a37168298..331f8dbe0d 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/stop.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/network/stop.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const CONTAINER_NAME: &str = "stellar";
 
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser, Clone)]
 pub struct Cmd {
-    /// docker container to stop
+    /// docker container to stop, defaults to "stellar"
     pub container: Option<String>,
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/soroban-cli-full-docs.md b/docs/soroban-cli-full-docs.md
index 7e599f4fb3..67be2c3582 100644
--- a/docs/soroban-cli-full-docs.md
+++ b/docs/soroban-cli-full-docs.md
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ Start network
 
 ###### **Arguments:**
 
-* `<NETWORK>` — Network to start
+* `<NETWORK>` — Network to start, e.g. local, testnet, futurenet
 
 ###### **Options:**
 
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ Stop network
 
 ###### **Arguments:**
 
-* `<CONTAINER>` — docker container to stop
+* `<CONTAINER>` — docker container to stop, defaults to "stellar"