diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfeb4e65ce..ddc25459f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -234,9 +234,13 @@ Go to http://localhost - default credentials: `admin@windmill.dev` / `changeme`
 > etc.) stay root-owned — unreadable by a `docker run --pid=host` container. What this
 > does **not** do is confine the container's *filesystem* view: the daemon runs outside
 > the job's nsjail sandbox, so a `# docker` script can still `docker run -v <worker path>`
-> to reach other concurrent job dirs / caches. So treat docker-capable workers as a
-> **trusted-tenant** capability (a big improvement over privileged dind, but not a full
-> sandbox) and prefer dedicated/per-workspace docker workers on shared multi-tenant fleets.
+> to reach **world-readable** host state: other concurrent job dirs' world-readable files,
+> the dependency cache, and world-readable `/proc` (e.g. `-v /proc` → process `cmdline`s /
+> args) — though **not** `0400` files like `/proc/<pid>/environ`, so the worker's env
+> secrets stay protected. (Corollary: don't pass secrets as command-line args; windmill
+> uses env, not args.) So treat docker-capable workers as a **trusted-tenant** capability
+> (a big improvement over privileged dind, but not a full sandbox) and prefer
+> dedicated/per-workspace docker workers on shared multi-tenant fleets.
 > If you enable **nsjail** (it's off by default), per-job podman is **not** auto-provided
 > for docker jobs — nsjail means "fully sandbox jobs" and the daemon runs outside the jail,
 > so docker jobs then require an explicit `DOCKER_HOST` or a separate non-nsjail worker group.
diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/bash_executor.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/bash_executor.rs
index 17f91be311..27765445f3 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/bash_executor.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/bash_executor.rs
@@ -654,14 +654,14 @@ fn spawn_docker_storage_monitor(
 // SECURITY: this is only ever started in NON-nsjail modes (unshare/none) — caller
 // refuses to auto-provide it under nsjail, since the daemon runs outside any sandbox.
 // A `# docker` script controls this daemon over the Docker API and can bind-mount any
-// path the daemon user can read (e.g. `docker run -v /tmp/windmill/...`), reaching
-// other concurrent job dirs / caches — so it is NOT a filesystem sandbox, and
-// docker-capable workers stay a TRUSTED-TENANT capability (prefer dedicated/per-
+// WORLD-READABLE host path (e.g. `docker run -v /tmp/windmill/...` for other job dirs /
+// caches, or `-v /proc` for process cmdlines/args) — so it is NOT a filesystem sandbox,
+// and docker-capable workers stay a TRUSTED-TENANT capability (prefer dedicated/per-
 // workspace docker workers on shared fleets). What IS protected, when the worker runs
-// as root (the default) and the daemon is dropped to a non-root uid here: the worker's
-// secrets in `/proc/<worker>/environ` (DATABASE_URL etc.) stay root-owned and
-// unreadable by the uid-1000 container even via `docker run --pid=host`, and an escape
-// is unprivileged.
+// as root (the default) and the daemon is dropped to a non-root uid here: `0400` files
+// like the worker's `/proc/<worker>/environ` (DATABASE_URL etc.) stay root-owned and
+// unreadable by the uid-1000 container even via `-v /proc` or `--pid=host` (so don't
+// pass secrets as command-line args), and a container escape is unprivileged.
 #[cfg(feature = "dind")]
 async fn start_per_job_podman(
     job_dir: &str,
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e0b1480152..a31755f660 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ services:
     # rootless AND the worker's own secrets in /proc (DATABASE_URL etc.) stay
     # root-owned, unreadable by a `docker run --pid=host` container. (NB: this does
     # not confine the container's filesystem view — a `# docker` script can still
-    # `docker run -v` worker-visible paths, so treat docker workers as trusted-tenant
-    # / dedicate them on shared fleets.) Cap per-job image storage via the
+    # `docker run -v` to read WORLD-READABLE host state: other job dirs' world-readable
+    # files, the dep cache, and world-readable /proc like process cmdlines/args — though
+    # NOT 0400 files like /proc/<pid>/environ (env secrets stay safe; don't pass secrets
+    # as args). So treat docker workers as trusted-tenant / dedicate them on shared
+    # fleets.) Cap per-job image storage via the
     # `docker_image_storage_size_mb` instance setting (default 8GB).
     # If you enable nsjail (DISABLE_NSJAIL=false or job isolation = nsjail), per-job
     # podman is NOT auto-provided for docker jobs — nsjail signals "fully sandbox jobs"