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 ### Environment variables
 
-The following list of environment variables are supported by the `docker` command
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+The following environment variables control the behavior of the `docker` command-line client:
 
 | Variable                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 | :---------------------------- |:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|