diff --git a/docs/docker_run.rst b/docs/docker_run.rst
index f17cd642..15c667a6 100644
--- a/docs/docker_run.rst
+++ b/docs/docker_run.rst
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ The ``docker_run`` task exposes a ``container_args`` parameter which can be used
 to pass arguments to the container entrypoint.
 
 
-Volumes
--------
+BindMountVolumes
+----------------
 
-The volumes to be mounted into a container can be passed to the ``docker_run`` task
+The volumes to be bind mounted into a container can be passed to the ``docker_run`` task
 in one of two ways.
 
 Using docker-py syntax
@@ -36,23 +36,23 @@ which is passed directly to docker-py. For example
     }
     docker_run.delay('my/image', pull_image=True, volumes=volumes)
 
-Using the Volume class
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Using the BindMountVolume class
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Girder Worker provides a utility class :py:class:`girder_worker.docker.transforms.Volume`
+Girder Worker provides a utility class :py:class:`girder_worker.docker.transforms.BindMountVolume`
 that can be used to define volumes that should be mounted into a container. These classes
 can also be used in conjunction with other parts of the girder_work docker infrastructure,
 for example providing a location where a file should be downloaded to.
-See `Downloading files from Girder`_. When using the :py:class:`girder_worker.docker.transforms.Volume`
+See `Downloading files from Girder`_. When using the :py:class:`girder_worker.docker.transforms.BindMountVolume`
 class a list of instances is provided as the value for the ``volumes`` parameter, Girder Worker
 will take care of ensuring that these volumes are mounted. In the example below we are creating
-a :py:class:`girder_worker.docker.transforms.Volume` instance and passing it as a container argument to provide
+a :py:class:`girder_worker.docker.transforms.BindMountVolume` instance and passing it as a container argument to provide
 the mounted location to the container. Girder Worker will take care of transforming
 the instance into the approriate path inside the container.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    vol = Volume('/home/docker/data', '/mnt/docker/')
+    vol = BindMountVolume('/home/docker/data', '/mnt/docker/')
     docker_run.delay('my/image', pull_image=True, volumes=[vol], container_args=[vol])
 
 Temporary Volume
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ will simply received a path.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    vol = Volume('/home/docker/data', '/mnt/docker/')
+    vol = BindMountVolume('/home/docker/data', '/mnt/docker/')
     docker_run.delay('my/image', pull_image=True, container_args=[TemporaryVolume.default])
 
 Note that because we are using the default path, we don't have to add the instance to
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ downloaded to into the docker container's entrypoint as an argument.
 
 If no ``volume`` parameter is specified then the file will be downloading to the
 task temporary volume. The file can also be downloaded to a specific
-:py:class:`girder_worker.docker.transforms.Volume` by specifying a volume parameter, as follows:
+:py:class:`girder_worker.docker.transforms.BindMountVolume` by specifying a volume parameter, as follows:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    vol = Volume(host_path, container_path)
+    vol = BindMountVolume(host_path, container_path)
     docker_run.delay('my/image', pull_image=True,
         container_args=[GirderFileIdToVolume(file_id,volume=vol)])
 
diff --git a/girder_worker/docker/transforms/__init__.py b/girder_worker/docker/transforms/__init__.py
index fc47065f..f8cd6467 100644
--- a/girder_worker/docker/transforms/__init__.py
+++ b/girder_worker/docker/transforms/__init__.py
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ def open(self):
         pass
 
 
-class Volume(Transform):
+class BindMountVolume(Transform):
     """
-    A docker volume that will be attached to a docker container.
+    A volume that will be bind mounted to a docker container.
     """
     def __init__(self, host_path, container_path, mode='rw'):
         """
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def default(cls):
         return _DefaultTemporaryVolume()
 
 
-class _TemporaryVolumeBase(Volume):
+class _TemporaryVolumeBase(BindMountVolume):
     def __init__(self, *arg, **kwargs):
         super(_TemporaryVolumeBase, self).__init__(*arg, **kwargs)
         self._transformed = False
diff --git a/tests/integration/integration_test_endpoints/server/docker.py b/tests/integration/integration_test_endpoints/server/docker.py
index e21fc1be..b790a732 100644
--- a/tests/integration/integration_test_endpoints/server/docker.py
+++ b/tests/integration/integration_test_endpoints/server/docker.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     NamedInputPipe,
     Connect,
     VolumePath,
-    Volume,
+    BindMountVolume,
     ChunkedTransferEncodingStream,
     TemporaryVolume
 )
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def test_docker_run_mount_idiomatic_volume(self, params):
         filename = 'read.txt'
         mount_dir = '/mnt/test'
         mount_path = os.path.join(mount_dir, filename)
-        volume = Volume(fixture_dir, mount_path, 'ro')
+        volume = BindMountVolume(fixture_dir, mount_path, 'ro')
         volumepath = VolumePath(filename, volume)
 
         result = docker_run.delay(
diff --git a/tests/test_docker_transforms.py b/tests/test_docker_transforms.py
index 977e85a4..0849f1f0 100644
--- a/tests/test_docker_transforms.py
+++ b/tests/test_docker_transforms.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     NamedPipeBase,
     TEMP_VOLUME_MOUNT_PREFIX,
     TemporaryVolume,
-    Volume,
+    BindMountVolume,
     VolumePath,
     _maybe_transform
 )
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def patch_mkdir():
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def bogus_volume():
-    yield Volume(BOGUS_HOST_PATH, BOGUS_CONTAINER_PATH)
+    yield BindMountVolume(BOGUS_HOST_PATH, BOGUS_CONTAINER_PATH)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('obj', [