diff --git a/cli/command/container/exec.go b/cli/command/container/exec.go
index 7d521700a5..b491e24a1b 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/exec.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/exec.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func RunExec(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, containerIDorName strin
 	if _, err := apiClient.ContainerInspect(ctx, containerIDorName); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if !execOptions.Detach {
+	if !options.Detach {
 		if err := dockerCLI.In().CheckTty(execOptions.AttachStdin, execOptions.Tty); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ func RunExec(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, containerIDorName strin
 		return errors.New("exec ID empty")
 	}
 
-	if execOptions.Detach {
+	if options.Detach {
 		return apiClient.ContainerExecStart(ctx, execID, container.ExecStartOptions{
-			Detach:      execOptions.Detach,
+			Detach:      options.Detach,
 			Tty:         execOptions.Tty,
 			ConsoleSize: execOptions.ConsoleSize,
 		})
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ func parseExec(execOpts ExecOptions, configFile *configfile.ConfigFile) (*contai
 		Privileged: execOpts.Privileged,
 		Tty:        execOpts.TTY,
 		Cmd:        execOpts.Command,
-		Detach:     execOpts.Detach,
 		WorkingDir: execOpts.Workdir,
 	}
 
diff --git a/cli/command/container/exec_test.go b/cli/command/container/exec_test.go
index 7ebc6b08b3..9690d091c4 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/exec_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/exec_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli"
@@ -75,8 +76,7 @@ TWO=2
 		{
 			options: withDefaultOpts(ExecOptions{Detach: true}),
 			expected: container.ExecOptions{
-				Detach: true,
-				Cmd:    []string{"command"},
+				Cmd: []string{"command"},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -86,9 +86,8 @@ TWO=2
 				Detach:      true,
 			}),
 			expected: container.ExecOptions{
-				Detach: true,
-				Tty:    true,
-				Cmd:    []string{"command"},
+				Tty: true,
+				Cmd: []string{"command"},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ TWO=2
 			expected: container.ExecOptions{
 				Cmd:        []string{"command"},
 				DetachKeys: "de",
-				Detach:     true,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -109,7 +107,6 @@ TWO=2
 			expected: container.ExecOptions{
 				Cmd:        []string{"command"},
 				DetachKeys: "ab",
-				Detach:     true,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -141,10 +138,12 @@ TWO=2
 		},
 	}
 
-	for _, testcase := range testcases {
-		execConfig, err := parseExec(testcase.options, &testcase.configFile)
-		assert.NilError(t, err)
-		assert.Check(t, is.DeepEqual(testcase.expected, *execConfig))
+	for i, testcase := range testcases {
+		t.Run("test "+strconv.Itoa(i+1), func(t *testing.T) {
+			execConfig, err := parseExec(testcase.options, &testcase.configFile)
+			assert.NilError(t, err)
+			assert.Check(t, is.DeepEqual(testcase.expected, *execConfig))
+		})
 	}
 }