diff --git a/minecraft-server/Dockerfile b/minecraft-server/Dockerfile
index 5afa2b36..c9ffa118 100644
--- a/minecraft-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/minecraft-server/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RUN addgroup -g 1000 minecraft \
 EXPOSE 25565 25575
 
 ADD https://github.com/itzg/restify/releases/download/1.0.4/restify_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/restify
-ADD https://github.com/itzg/rcon-cli/releases/download/1.2/rcon-cli_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/rcon-cli
+ADD https://github.com/itzg/rcon-cli/releases/download/1.3/rcon-cli_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/rcon-cli
 COPY start.sh /start
 COPY start-minecraft.sh /start-minecraft
 COPY mcadmin.jq /usr/share
diff --git a/minecraft-server/README.md b/minecraft-server/README.md
index b261c0dd..577f0787 100644
--- a/minecraft-server/README.md
+++ b/minecraft-server/README.md
@@ -42,13 +42,16 @@ access the Minecraft server console:
 docker exec -i mc rcon-cli
 ```
 
-or
+Note: The `-i` is required for interactive use of rcon-cli.
+
+To run a simple, one-shot command, such as stopping a Minecraft server, pass the command as
+arguments to `rcon-cli`, such as:
 
 ```
-echo stop | docker exec -it mc rcon-cli
+docker exec mc rcon-cli stop
 ```
 
-Note: The `-i` is needed to attach to the standard *input* of the rcon-cli.
+_The `-i` is not needed in this case._
 
 In order to attach and interact with the Minecraft server, add `-it` when starting the container, such as