diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/config.go b/cmd/dockerd/config.go
index c55332e183..abdac9a7fb 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/config.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func installCommonConfigFlags(conf *config.Config, flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 
 	flags.StringVar(&conf.MetricsAddress, "metrics-addr", "", "Set default address and port to serve the metrics api on")
 
-	flags.Var(opts.NewListOptsRef(&conf.NodeGenericResources, opts.ValidateSingleGenericResource), "node-generic-resources", "Advertise user-defined resource")
+	flags.Var(opts.NewNamedListOptsRef("node-generic-resources", &conf.NodeGenericResources, opts.ValidateSingleGenericResource), "node-generic-resource", "Advertise user-defined resource")
 
 	flags.IntVar(&conf.NetworkControlPlaneMTU, "network-control-plane-mtu", config.DefaultNetworkMtu, "Network Control plane MTU")
 
diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/daemon_test.go b/cmd/dockerd/daemon_test.go
index e5e4aa34e2..b065831871 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/daemon_test.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/daemon_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@ func TestLoadDaemonCliConfigWithConflicts(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.ErrorContains(t, err, "as a flag and in the configuration file: labels")
 }
 
+func TestLoadDaemonCliWithConflictingNodeGenericResources(t *testing.T) {
+	tempFile := fs.NewFile(t, "config", fs.WithContent(`{"node-generic-resources": ["foo=bar", "bar=baz"]}`))
+	defer tempFile.Remove()
+	configFile := tempFile.Path()
+
+	opts := defaultOptions(configFile)
+	flags := opts.flags
+
+	assert.NoError(t, flags.Set("config-file", configFile))
+	assert.NoError(t, flags.Set("node-generic-resource", "r1=bar"))
+	assert.NoError(t, flags.Set("node-generic-resource", "r2=baz"))
+
+	_, err := loadDaemonCliConfig(opts)
+	testutil.ErrorContains(t, err, "as a flag and in the configuration file: node-generic-resources")
+}
+
 func TestLoadDaemonCliWithConflictingLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	opts := defaultOptions("")
 	flags := opts.flags