diff --git a/contrib/docker/README.md b/contrib/docker/README.md
index 1f959a86..473e576d 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/README.md
+++ b/contrib/docker/README.md
@@ -53,14 +53,25 @@ Using a network device
 
 When using a network device, the "--device" argument to docker can be omitted, but the device information has to be
 passed on to ebusd:
-> docker run --rm -it -p 8888 john30/ebusd -f --scanconfig -d 192.168.178.123:10000 --latency=20
+> docker run --rm -it -p 8888 john30/ebusd --scanconfig -d 192.168.178.123:10000 --latency=20
 
-Note: the default "-f" and "--scanconfig" arguments are only passed to ebusd if it is called without any additional arguments.
-So when passing further arguments, these two usually need to be added as well.
+Note: the required "-f" (foreground) argument is passed as environment variable and does not need to be specified anymore.
+
+Note: the default "--scanconfig" argument is only passed to ebusd if it is called without any additional arguments.
+So when passing further arguments, this usually needs to be added as well or set as environment variable EBUSD_SCANCONFIG.
 
 
 Running with MQTT broker
 ------------------------
 To start an ebusd container in the background and have it connect to your MQTT broker, use the following command while
 replacing "BROKERHOST" with your MQTT broker host name or IP address:
-> docker run -d --name=ebusd --device=/dev/ttyUSB0 -p 8888 john30/ebusd -f --scanconfig -d /dev/ttyUSB0 --mqttport=1883 --mqtthost=BROKERHOST
+> docker run -d --name=ebusd --device=/dev/ttyUSB0 -p 8888 john30/ebusd --scanconfig -d /dev/ttyUSB0 --mqttport=1883 --mqtthost=BROKERHOST
+
+
+Use of environment variables
+----------------------------
+Instead of passing arguments (at the end of docker run) to ebusd, almost all (long) arguments can also be passed as
+environment variables with the prefix `EBUSD_`, e.g. the following line can be used instead of the last example above:
+> docker run -d --name=ebusd --device=/dev/ttyUSB0 -p 8888 -e EBUSD_SCANCONFIG= -e EBUSD_DEVICE=/dev/ttyUSB0 -e EBUSD_MQTTPORT=1883 -e EBUSD_MQTTHOST=BROKERHOST john30/ebusd
+
+This eases use of e.g. docker-compose files.