diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 9de6bf5e86..75b1783e6a 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdStop(args ...string) error {
 	for _, name := range cmd.Args() {
 		_, _, err := cli.call("POST", "/containers/"+name+"/stop?"+v.Encode(), nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("%s", err)
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s", err)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Println(name)
 		}
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdRestart(args ...string) error {
 	for _, name := range cmd.Args() {
 		_, _, err := cli.call("POST", "/containers/"+name+"/restart?"+v.Encode(), nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("%s", err)
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s", err)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Println(name)
 		}
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdStart(args ...string) error {
 	for _, name := range args {
 		_, _, err := cli.call("POST", "/containers/"+name+"/start", nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("%s", err)
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s", err)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Println(name)
 		}
@@ -515,29 +515,38 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdStart(args ...string) error {
 }
 
 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdInspect(args ...string) error {
-	cmd := Subcmd("inspect", "CONTAINER|IMAGE", "Return low-level information on a container/image")
+	cmd := Subcmd("inspect", "CONTAINER|IMAGE [CONTAINER|IMAGE...]", "Return low-level information on a container/image")
 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if cmd.NArg() != 1 {
+	if cmd.NArg() < 1 {
 		cmd.Usage()
 		return nil
 	}
-	obj, _, err := cli.call("GET", "/containers/"+cmd.Arg(0)+"/json", nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		obj, _, err = cli.call("GET", "/images/"+cmd.Arg(0)+"/json", nil)
+	fmt.Printf("[")
+	for i, name := range args {
+		if i > 0 {
+			fmt.Printf(",")
+		}
+		obj, _, err := cli.call("GET", "/containers/"+name+"/json", nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			obj, _, err = cli.call("GET", "/images/"+name+"/json", nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s", err)
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		indented := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		if err = json.Indent(indented, obj, "", "    "); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, indented); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s", err)
 		}
 	}
-
-	indented := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	if err = json.Indent(indented, obj, "", "    "); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if _, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, indented); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	fmt.Printf("]")
 	return nil
 }