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@@ -31,11 +31,19 @@ production deployments it is highly recommended to use a
 [named volume](https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/)
 to ease managing the data on Prometheus upgrades.
 
-To provide your own configuration, there are several options. Here are
-two examples.
+### Setting command line parameters
+
+The Docker image is started with a number of default command line parameters, which
+can be found in the [Dockerfile](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/blob/main/Dockerfile) (adjust the link to correspond with the version in use).
+
+If you want to add extra command line parameters to the `docker run` command,
+you will need to re-add these yourself as they will be overwritten.
 
 ### Volumes & bind-mount
 
+To provide your own configuration, there are several options. Here are
+two examples.
+
 Bind-mount your `prometheus.yml` from the host by running:
 
 ```bash