diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_api/errors.py b/plugins/module_utils/_api/errors.py
index 90dd5aada..47c284d39 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_api/errors.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_api/errors.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 from ._import_helper import HTTPError as _HTTPError
 
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
 
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ def create_api_error_from_http_exception(e):
     try:
         explanation = response.json()['message']
     except ValueError:
-        explanation = (response.content or '').strip()
+        explanation = to_native((response.content or '').strip())
     cls = APIError
     if response.status_code == 404:
         if explanation and ('No such image' in str(explanation) or
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/socket.py b/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/socket.py
index 9193ce30e..792aa0cb5 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/socket.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/socket.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import select
 import socket as pysocket
 import struct
-import sys
 
 from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3, binary_type
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ def read(socket, n=4096):
     recoverable_errors = (errno.EINTR, errno.EDEADLK, errno.EWOULDBLOCK)
 
     if PY3 and not isinstance(socket, NpipeSocket):
-        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+        if not hasattr(select, "poll"):
             # Limited to 1024
             select.select([socket], [], [])
         else:
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/utils.py b/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/utils.py
index 910b0dc35..db3718d4d 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/utils.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/utils.py
@@ -160,6 +160,22 @@ def convert_volume_binds(binds):
             else:
                 mode = 'rw'
 
+            # NOTE: this is only relevant for Linux hosts
+            # (doesn't apply in Docker Desktop)
+            propagation_modes = [
+                'rshared',
+                'shared',
+                'rslave',
+                'slave',
+                'rprivate',
+                'private',
+            ]
+            if 'propagation' in v and v['propagation'] in propagation_modes:
+                if mode:
+                    mode = ','.join([mode, v['propagation']])
+                else:
+                    mode = v['propagation']
+
             result.append(
                 text_type('{0}:{1}:{2}').format(k, bind, mode)
             )
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/module_utils/_api/api/test_client.py b/tests/unit/plugins/module_utils/_api/api/test_client.py
index ea0035655..57040b631 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/module_utils/_api/api/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/module_utils/_api/api/test_client.py
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ def test_read_from_socket_no_stream_tty_demux(self):
 
     def test_read_from_socket_no_stream_no_tty(self):
         res = self.request(stream=False, tty=False, demux=False)
-        res == self.stdout_data + self.stderr_data
+        assert res == self.stdout_data + self.stderr_data
 
     def test_read_from_socket_no_stream_no_tty_demux(self):
         res = self.request(stream=False, tty=False, demux=True)