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@@ -378,6 +378,26 @@ Ulimit flags:
 
 - :whale: `--ulimit`: Set ulimit
 
+--ulimit can be used to restrict the following types of resources.
+
+| type       |  describe| value range                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+|----|----|----|
+| core       | limits the core file size (KB)| A 64-bit integer (INT64), with no units. It can be 0, negative, where -1 represents UNLIMITED (i.e., no limit is applied), and any other negative values will be forcibly converted to a large positive integer.|
+| cpu        | max CPU time (MIN)| same as above|
+| data       |max data size (KB) | same as above|
+| fsize      | maximum filesize (KB)| same as above|
+| locks      | max number of file locks the user can hold | same as above|
+| memlock    | max locked-in-memory address space (KB) | same as above|
+| msgqueue   | max memory used by POSIX message queues (bytes)| same as above|
+| nice       | nice priority | same as above |
+| nproc      | max number of processes | same as above|
+| rss        | max resident set size (KB)| same as above|
+| rtprio     | max realtime priority| same as above|
+| rttime     | realtime timeout | same as above|
+| sigpending | max number of pending signals| same as above|
+| stack      | max stack size (KB) | same as above|
+| nofile    | max number of open file descriptors| A 64-bit integer (int64), with no units. It cannot be negative; negative values will be forcibly converted to a large number, and an "Operation not permitted" error will occur during setting|
+
 Verify flags:
 
 - :nerd_face: `--verify`: Verify the image (none|cosign|notation). See [`./cosign.md`](./cosign.md) and [`./notation.md`](./notation.md) for details.