diff --git a/tools/pulsar/docker/README.adoc b/tools/pulsar/docker/README.adoc
index 0b444dd5..76f489f7 100644
--- a/tools/pulsar/docker/README.adoc
+++ b/tools/pulsar/docker/README.adoc
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ To start the cluster run the following script from project root dir:
 ./tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-start.sh
 ----
 
-===== Mac M1 (Arm64)
-If you are running on Mac M1 (ARM64) and have issues running the above image, try running the following script from project root dir:
-[source,shell]
-----
-./tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-start-arm64.sh
-----
-
 ==== Stop
 To stop the cluster run the following script from project root dir:
 [source,shell]
@@ -36,4 +29,18 @@ To completely remove the cluster and volumes run the following script from proje
 ./tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-destroy.sh
 ----
 
+==== Mac M1 (Arm64)
+If you are running on Mac M1 (ARM64) and have issues running the above commands,
+instead use the scripts with the `-arm64` suffix. There is one for each command.
+
+* `./tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-start-arm64.sh`
+* `./tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-stop-arm64.sh`
+* `./tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-kill-arm64.sh`
+
+Also note that the two docker volumes used in this case are also suffixed accordingly:
+
+* `pulsardata-arm64`
+* `pulsarconf-arm64`
+
+'''
 More information can be found in the official https://pulsar.apache.org/docs/next/getting-started-docker[Pulsar docs].
diff --git a/tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-destroy-arm64.sh b/tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-destroy-arm64.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f5abf401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-destroy-arm64.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Finding and removing Pulsar container..."
+docker ps -a | grep "kezhenxu94/pulsar" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs docker rm -f
+echo "Removing Pulsar volumes..."
+docker volume rm pulsardata-arm64 pulsarconf-arm64
+echo "All traces of Pulsar standalone removed"
diff --git a/tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-start-arm64.sh b/tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-start-arm64.sh
index 289a9cc6..ffc0da7d 100755
--- a/tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-start-arm64.sh
+++ b/tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-start-arm64.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 docker run -it -p 6650:6650 -p 8080:8080 \
-  --mount source=pulsardata,target=/pulsar/data \
-  --mount source=pulsarconf,target=/pulsar/conf \
+  --mount source=pulsardata-arm64,target=/pulsar/data \
+  --mount source=pulsarconf-arm64,target=/pulsar/conf \
   kezhenxu94/pulsar:latest \
   bin/pulsar standalone
diff --git a/tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-stop-arm64.sh b/tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-stop-arm64.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8d2fbb92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/pulsar/docker/standalone/pulsar-stop-arm64.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Finding and stopping Pulsar container..."
+docker ps -a | grep "kezhenxu94/pulsar" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs docker stop
+echo "Container stopped - you can run 'pulsar-start-arm64.sh' when/if you want to restart it"