diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/docker-containers.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/docker-containers.nix
index 3a2eb97d1bf1..216ba2c733fc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/docker-containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/docker-containers.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ let
 
         entrypoint = mkOption {
           type = with types; nullOr str;
-          description = "Overwrite the default entrypoint of the image.";
+          description = "Override the default entrypoint of the image.";
           default = null;
           example = "/bin/my-app";
         };
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ let
 
             Note that this is a list of <literal>"src:dst"</literal> strings to
             allow for <literal>src</literal> to refer to
-            <literal>/nix/store</literal> paths, which would difficult with an
+            <literal>/nix/store</literal> paths, which would be difficult with an
             attribute set.  There are also a variety of mount options available
             as a third field; please refer to the
             <link xlink:href="https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/#volume-shared-filesystems">
@@ -220,10 +220,9 @@ let
         ++ map escapeShellArg container.cmd
       );
 
-      ExecStartPre = ["-${pkgs.docker}/bin/docker rm -f ${name}"
-                      "-${pkgs.docker}/bin/docker image prune -f"] ++
-        (optional (container.imageFile != null)
-                ["${pkgs.docker}/bin/docker load -i ${container.imageFile}"]);
+      ExecStartPre =
+        ["-${pkgs.docker}/bin/docker rm -f ${name}"] ++
+        (optional (container.imageFile != null) "${pkgs.docker}/bin/docker load -i ${container.imageFile}");
 
       ExecStop = ''${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh -c "[ $SERVICE_RESULT = success ] || ${pkgs.docker}/bin/docker stop ${name}"'';
       ExecStopPost = "-${pkgs.docker}/bin/docker rm -f ${name}";