diff --git a/cli/command/container/opts.go b/cli/command/container/opts.go
index 7480bfaced..cff3bf67bb 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/opts.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/opts.go
@@ -230,10 +230,10 @@ func addFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) *containerOptions {
 
 	// Health-checking
 	flags.StringVar(&copts.healthCmd, "health-cmd", "", "Command to run to check health")
-	flags.DurationVar(&copts.healthInterval, "health-interval", 0, "Time between running the check (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)")
+	flags.DurationVar(&copts.healthInterval, "health-interval", 0, "Time between running the check (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)")
 	flags.IntVar(&copts.healthRetries, "health-retries", 0, "Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy")
-	flags.DurationVar(&copts.healthTimeout, "health-timeout", 0, "Maximum time to allow one check to run (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)")
-	flags.DurationVar(&copts.healthStartPeriod, "health-start-period", 0, "Start period for the container to initialize before starting health-retries countdown (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)")
+	flags.DurationVar(&copts.healthTimeout, "health-timeout", 0, "Maximum time to allow one check to run (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)")
+	flags.DurationVar(&copts.healthStartPeriod, "health-start-period", 0, "Start period for the container to initialize before starting health-retries countdown (ms|s|m|h) (default 0s)")
 	flags.SetAnnotation("health-start-period", "version", []string{"1.29"})
 	flags.BoolVar(&copts.noHealthcheck, "no-healthcheck", false, "Disable any container-specified HEALTHCHECK")
 
diff --git a/cli/command/service/opts.go b/cli/command/service/opts.go
index 4211c5bf8c..ecc37d7b00 100644
--- a/cli/command/service/opts.go
+++ b/cli/command/service/opts.go
@@ -802,13 +802,13 @@ func addServiceFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet, opts *serviceOptions, defaultFlagValu
 
 	flags.StringVar(&opts.healthcheck.cmd, flagHealthCmd, "", "Command to run to check health")
 	flags.SetAnnotation(flagHealthCmd, "version", []string{"1.25"})
-	flags.Var(&opts.healthcheck.interval, flagHealthInterval, "Time between running the check (ns|us|ms|s|m|h)")
+	flags.Var(&opts.healthcheck.interval, flagHealthInterval, "Time between running the check (ms|s|m|h)")
 	flags.SetAnnotation(flagHealthInterval, "version", []string{"1.25"})
-	flags.Var(&opts.healthcheck.timeout, flagHealthTimeout, "Maximum time to allow one check to run (ns|us|ms|s|m|h)")
+	flags.Var(&opts.healthcheck.timeout, flagHealthTimeout, "Maximum time to allow one check to run (ms|s|m|h)")
 	flags.SetAnnotation(flagHealthTimeout, "version", []string{"1.25"})
 	flags.IntVar(&opts.healthcheck.retries, flagHealthRetries, 0, "Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy")
 	flags.SetAnnotation(flagHealthRetries, "version", []string{"1.25"})
-	flags.Var(&opts.healthcheck.startPeriod, flagHealthStartPeriod, "Start period for the container to initialize before counting retries towards unstable (ns|us|ms|s|m|h)")
+	flags.Var(&opts.healthcheck.startPeriod, flagHealthStartPeriod, "Start period for the container to initialize before counting retries towards unstable (ms|s|m|h)")
 	flags.SetAnnotation(flagHealthStartPeriod, "version", []string{"1.29"})
 	flags.BoolVar(&opts.healthcheck.noHealthcheck, flagNoHealthcheck, false, "Disable any container-specified HEALTHCHECK")
 	flags.SetAnnotation(flagNoHealthcheck, "version", []string{"1.25"})
diff --git a/daemon/container.go b/daemon/container.go
index 50878f01e9..a3482687b7 100644
--- a/daemon/container.go
+++ b/daemon/container.go
@@ -244,20 +244,20 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) verifyContainerSettings(hostConfig *containertypes.HostCon
 
 		// Validate the healthcheck params of Config
 		if config.Healthcheck != nil {
-			if config.Healthcheck.Interval != 0 && config.Healthcheck.Interval < time.Second {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Interval in Healthcheck cannot be less than one second")
+			if config.Healthcheck.Interval != 0 && config.Healthcheck.Interval < time.Millisecond {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Interval in Healthcheck cannot be less than one millisecond")
 			}
 
-			if config.Healthcheck.Timeout != 0 && config.Healthcheck.Timeout < time.Second {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Timeout in Healthcheck cannot be less than one second")
+			if config.Healthcheck.Timeout != 0 && config.Healthcheck.Timeout < time.Millisecond {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Timeout in Healthcheck cannot be less than one millisecond")
 			}
 
 			if config.Healthcheck.Retries < 0 {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Retries in Healthcheck cannot be negative")
 			}
 
-			if config.Healthcheck.StartPeriod < 0 {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("StartPeriod in Healthcheck cannot be negative")
+			if config.Healthcheck.StartPeriod != 0 && config.Healthcheck.StartPeriod < time.Millisecond {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("StartPeriod in Healthcheck cannot be less than one millisecond")
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/service_create.md b/docs/reference/commandline/service_create.md
index 082dffb827..78faa98bf7 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/service_create.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/service_create.md
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ Options:
       --env-file list                      Read in a file of environment variables
       --group list                         Set one or more supplementary user groups for the container
       --health-cmd string                  Command to run to check health
-      --health-interval duration           Time between running the check (ns|us|ms|s|m|h)
+      --health-interval duration           Time between running the check (ms|s|m|h)
       --health-retries int                 Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy
-      --health-start-period duration       Start period for the container to initialize before counting retries towards unstable (ns|us|ms|s|m|h)
-      --health-timeout duration            Maximum time to allow one check to run (ns|us|ms|s|m|h)
+      --health-start-period duration       Start period for the container to initialize before counting retries towards unstable (ms|s|m|h)
+      --health-timeout duration            Maximum time to allow one check to run (ms|s|m|h)
       --help                               Print usage
       --host list                          Set one or more custom host-to-IP mappings (host:ip)
       --hostname string                    Container hostname
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/service_update.md b/docs/reference/commandline/service_update.md
index fae6b0af89..93c5750eee 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/service_update.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/service_update.md
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ Options:
       --group-add list                     Add an additional supplementary user group to the container
       --group-rm list                      Remove a previously added supplementary user group from the container
       --health-cmd string                  Command to run to check health
-      --health-interval duration           Time between running the check (ns|us|ms|s|m|h)
+      --health-interval duration           Time between running the check (ms|s|m|h)
       --health-retries int                 Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy
-      --health-start-period duration       Start period for the container to initialize before counting retries towards unstable (ns|us|ms|s|m|h)
-      --health-timeout duration            Maximum time to allow one check to run (ns|us|ms|s|m|h)
+      --health-start-period duration       Start period for the container to initialize before counting retries towards unstable (ms|s|m|h)
+      --health-timeout duration            Maximum time to allow one check to run (ms|s|m|h)
       --help                               Print usage
       --host-add list                      Add or update a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip)
       --host-rm list                       Remove a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip)