diff --git a/cli/cobra.go b/cli/cobra.go
index 6c4a8c4bf6..1b5809e9e5 100644
--- a/cli/cobra.go
+++ b/cli/cobra.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ func SetupRootCommand(rootCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("operationSubCommands", operationSubCommands)
 	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("managementSubCommands", managementSubCommands)
 	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("wrappedFlagUsages", wrappedFlagUsages)
-	cobra.AddTemplateFunc("useLine", UseLine)
 
 	rootCmd.SetUsageTemplate(usageTemplate)
 	rootCmd.SetHelpTemplate(helpTemplate)
@@ -100,19 +99,9 @@ func managementSubCommands(cmd *cobra.Command) []*cobra.Command {
 	return cmds
 }
 
-// UseLine returns the usage line for a command. This implementation is different
-// from the default Command.UseLine in that it does not add a `[flags]` to the
-// end of the line.
-func UseLine(cmd *cobra.Command) string {
-	if cmd.HasParent() {
-		return cmd.Parent().CommandPath() + " " + cmd.Use
-	}
-	return cmd.Use
-}
-
 var usageTemplate = `Usage:
 
-{{- if not .HasSubCommands}}	{{ useLine . }}{{end}}
+{{- if not .HasSubCommands}}	{{.UseLine}}{{end}}
 {{- if .HasSubCommands}}	{{ .CommandPath}} COMMAND{{end}}
 
 {{ .Short | trim }}
diff --git a/cmd/docker/docker.go b/cmd/docker/docker.go
index 24def2e00e..68136657d9 100644
--- a/cmd/docker/docker.go
+++ b/cmd/docker/docker.go
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ func newDockerCommand(dockerCli *command.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
 			}
 			return isSupported(cmd, dockerCli)
 		},
-		Version: fmt.Sprintf("%s, build %s", cli.Version, cli.GitCommit),
+		Version:               fmt.Sprintf("%s, build %s", cli.Version, cli.GitCommit),
+		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
 	}
 	cli.SetupRootCommand(cmd)
 
@@ -57,11 +58,19 @@ func newDockerCommand(dockerCli *command.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.SetOutput(dockerCli.Out())
 	commands.AddCommands(cmd, dockerCli)
 
+	disableFlagsInUseLine(cmd)
 	setValidateArgs(dockerCli, cmd, flags, opts)
 
 	return cmd
 }
 
+func disableFlagsInUseLine(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	visitAll(cmd, func(ccmd *cobra.Command) {
+		// do not add a `[flags]` to the end of the usage line.
+		ccmd.DisableFlagsInUseLine = true
+	})
+}
+
 func setFlagErrorFunc(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, cmd *cobra.Command, flags *pflag.FlagSet, opts *cliflags.ClientOptions) {
 	// When invoking `docker stack --nonsense`, we need to make sure FlagErrorFunc return appropriate
 	// output if the feature is not supported.
diff --git a/docs/yaml/yaml.go b/docs/yaml/yaml.go
index 8512be339b..5dc7164192 100644
--- a/docs/yaml/yaml.go
+++ b/docs/yaml/yaml.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/docker/cli/cli"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ func GenYamlCustom(cmd *cobra.Command, w io.Writer) error {
 	}
 
 	if cmd.Runnable() {
-		cliDoc.Usage = cli.UseLine(cmd)
+		cliDoc.Usage = cmd.UseLine()
 	}
 
 	if len(cmd.Example) > 0 {