diff --git a/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java b/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java
index 24ff57efa..1cc85721c 100644
--- a/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java
+++ b/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ protected ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl(
         httpClient = HttpClients.custom()
             .setRequestExecutor(new HijackingHttpRequestExecutor(null))
             .setConnectionManager(connectionManager)
+            .disableConnectionState()
             .build();
     }
 
diff --git a/docs/getting_started.md b/docs/getting_started.md
index ebc41d62e..c389fba71 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.md
+++ b/docs/getting_started.md
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ DockerClientConfig config = ...;
 DockerHttpClient httpClient = new ApacheDockerHttpClient.Builder()
     .dockerHost(config.getDockerHost())
     .sslConfig(config.getSSLConfig())
+    .maxConnections(100)
     .build();
 ```
 
@@ -118,4 +119,4 @@ DockerClient dockerClient = DockerClientImpl.getInstance(config, httpClient);
 Once you have it, you can start executing Docker commands:
 ```java
 dockerClient.pingCmd().exec();
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```