diff --git a/docs/sources/userguide/dockerlinks.md b/docs/sources/userguide/dockerlinks.md
index e2228cef00..ecadbb3f11 100644
--- a/docs/sources/userguide/dockerlinks.md
+++ b/docs/sources/userguide/dockerlinks.md
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ will be automatically updated with the source container's new IP address,
 allowing linked communication to continue.
 
     $ sudo docker restart db
+    db
+    $ sudo docker run -t -i --rm --link db:db training/webapp /bin/bash
     root@aed84ee21bde:/opt/webapp# cat /etc/hosts
     172.17.0.7  aed84ee21bde
     . . .