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<term><option>--host=</option></term>
<listitem id='host-text'>
- <para>Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or
+ <para>Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or a
username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>, to
- connect to. This will use SSH to talk to the remote machine
- manager instance.</para>
+ connect to. The hostname may optionally be suffixed by a
+ container name, separated by <literal>:</literal>, which
+ connects directly to a specific container on the specified
+ host. This will use SSH to talk to the remote machine manager
+ instance. Container names may be enumerated with
+ <command>machinectl -H
+ <replaceable>HOST</replaceable></command>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>