diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/pull.md b/docs/reference/commandline/pull.md
index 96bafcd147..40cc99ff7d 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
-MAINTAINER some maintainer <maintainer@example.com>
+LABEL maintainer="some maintainer <maintainer@example.com>"
 ```
 
 > **Note**
diff --git a/man/src/image/pull.md b/man/src/image/pull.md
index 73f641f727..3c9c9dd6b1 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
-    MAINTAINER some maintainer <maintainer@example.com>
+    LABEL maintainer="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