diff --git a/docs/reference/builder.md b/docs/reference/builder.md
index 07e6e241cb..d5651db8ea 100644
--- a/docs/reference/builder.md
+++ b/docs/reference/builder.md
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ easily, for example with `docker inspect`. To set a label corresponding to the
 `MAINTAINER` field you could use:
 
 ```dockerfile
-LABEL maintainer="SvenDowideit@home.org.au"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="SvenDowideit@home.org.au"
 ```
 
 This will then be visible from `docker inspect` with the other labels.
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/pull.md b/docs/reference/commandline/pull.md
index 40cc99ff7d..7d02c356e6 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/pull.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/pull.md
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Digest can also be used in the `FROM` of a Dockerfile, for example:
 
 ```dockerfile
 FROM ubuntu@sha256:45b23dee08af5e43a7fea6c4cf9c25ccf269ee113168c19722f87876677c5cb2
-LABEL maintainer="some maintainer <maintainer@example.com>"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="some maintainer <maintainer@example.com>"
 ```
 
 > **Note**
diff --git a/man/src/image/pull.md b/man/src/image/pull.md
index 3c9c9dd6b1..13d601e99f 100644
--- a/man/src/image/pull.md
+++ b/man/src/image/pull.md
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ pull the above image by digest, run the following command:
 Digest can also be used in the `FROM` of a Dockerfile, for example:
 
     FROM ubuntu@sha256:45b23dee08af5e43a7fea6c4cf9c25ccf269ee113168c19722f87876677c5cb2
-    LABEL maintainer="some maintainer <maintainer@example.com>"
+    LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="some maintainer <maintainer@example.com>"
 
 > **Note**: Using this feature "pins" an image to a specific version in time.
 > Docker will therefore not pull updated versions of an image, which may include