From 2d9d632666aa3d7f047708d5e93dfb91818014c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dean Chen <862469039@qq.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:38:27 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: say -p on the links page is not --link

Signed-off-by: Dean Chen <862469039@qq.com>
---
 content/manuals/engine/network/links.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/manuals/engine/network/links.md b/content/manuals/engine/network/links.md
index e7133009fdb3..e34c215ce760 100644
--- a/content/manuals/engine/network/links.md
+++ b/content/manuals/engine/network/links.md
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ detail on container linking in default `bridge` network.
 
 ## Connect using network port mapping
 
+Publishing a port with `-p` or `-P` is not container linking. It exposes a
+container port on the host. For the current reference, see
+[Published ports](port-publishing.md).
+
 Let's say you used this command to run a simple Python Flask application:
 
 ```console