diff --git a/archive.go b/archive.go
index b129e28797..16401e29fb 100644
--- a/archive.go
+++ b/archive.go
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ func CopyWithTar(src, dst string) error {
 	}
 	// Create the destination
 	var dstDir string
-	if dst[len(dst)-1] == '/' {
-		// The destination ends in /
-		//   --> dst is the holding directory
+	if srcSt.IsDir() || dst[len(dst)-1] == '/' {
+		// The destination ends in /, or the source is a directory
+		//   --> dst is the holding directory and needs to be created for -C
 		dstDir = dst
 	} else {
 		// The destination doesn't end in /
diff --git a/docs/sources/use/builder.rst b/docs/sources/use/builder.rst
index 830d517c0e..5ceba4b210 100644
--- a/docs/sources/use/builder.rst
+++ b/docs/sources/use/builder.rst
@@ -156,22 +156,15 @@ When a directory is copied or unpacked, it has the same behavior as 'tar -x': th
 a) whatever existed at the destination path and b) the contents of the source tree, with conflicts resolved
 in favor of b on a file-by-file basis.
 
-If `<src>` is any other kind of file, it is copied individually along with its metadata.
+If `<src>` is any other kind of file, it is copied individually along with its metadata. In this case,
+if `<dst>` ends with a trailing slash '/', it will be considered a directory and the contents of `<src>`
+will be written at `<dst>/base(<src>)`.
+If `<dst>` does not end with a trailing slash, it will be considered a regular file and the contents
+of `<src>` will be written at `<dst>`.
 
 If `<dest>` doesn't exist, it is created along with all missing directories in its path. All new
 files and directories are created with mode 0700, uid and gid 0.
 
-If `<dest>` ends with a trailing slash '/', the contents of `<src>` is copied `inside` it.
-For example "ADD foo /usr/src/" creates /usr/src/foo in the container. If `<dest>` already exists,
-it MUST be a directory.
-
-If `<dest>` does not end with a trailing slash '/', the contents of `<src>` is copied `over` it.
-For example "ADD foo /usr/src" creates /usr/src with the contents of the "foo". If `<dest>` already
-exists, it MUST be of the same type as the source.
-
-
-
-
 3. Dockerfile Examples
 ======================