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 ```
 
 The `network inspect` command shows the containers, by id, in its
-results. You can specify an alternate format to execute a given
+results. For networks backed by multi-host network driver, such as Overlay,
+this command also shows the container endpoints in other hosts in the
+cluster. These endpoints are represented as "ep-{endpoint-id}" in the output.
+You can specify an alternate format to execute a given
 template for each result. Go's
 [text/template](http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/) package describes all the
 details of the format.