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@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Build, (re)create, start and attach to containers for a service.
 
 By default, `fig up` will aggregate the output of each container, and when it exits, all containers will be stopped. If you run `fig up -d`, it'll start the containers in the background and leave them running.
 
-If there are existing containers for a service, `fig up` will stop and recreate them, so that changes in `fig.yml` are picked up.
+If there are existing containers for a service, `fig up` will stop and recreate them (preserving mounted volumes with [volumes-from]), so that changes in `fig.yml` are picked up.
 
 ### Environment variables
 
@@ -267,3 +267,4 @@ Fully qualified container name, e.g. `MYAPP_DB_1_NAME=/myapp_web_1/myapp_db_1`
 
 
 [Docker links]: http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/use/port_redirection/#linking-a-container
+[volumes-from]: http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/use/working_with_volumes/