diff --git a/docs/man/docker-create.1.md b/docs/man/docker-create.1.md
index e5c4fa600f..d5166ca93a 100644
--- a/docs/man/docker-create.1.md
+++ b/docs/man/docker-create.1.md
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ This value should always larger than **-m**, so you should alway use this with *
 **--read-only**=*true*|*false*
    Mount the container's root filesystem as read only.
 
-**--restart**=""
+**--restart**="no"
    Restart policy to apply when a container exits (no, on-failure[:max-retry], always)
 
 **--security-opt**=[]
diff --git a/docs/man/docker-run.1.md b/docs/man/docker-run.1.md
index cbb835b87b..587b9a2cd5 100644
--- a/docs/man/docker-run.1.md
+++ b/docs/man/docker-run.1.md
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ outside of a container on the host.
 to write files anywhere.  By specifying the `--read-only` flag the container will have
 its root filesystem mounted as read only prohibiting any writes.
 
-**--restart**=""
+**--restart**="no"
    Restart policy to apply when a container exits (no, on-failure[:max-retry], always)
 
 **--rm**=*true*|*false*
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
index f8073d8505..efcf5bff81 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ Creates a new container.
       -p, --publish=[]           Publish a container's port(s) to the host
       --privileged=false         Give extended privileges to this container
       --read-only=false          Mount the container's root filesystem as read only
-      --restart=""               Restart policy to apply when a container exits
+      --restart="no"             Restart policy to apply when a container exits
       --security-opt=[]          Security Options
       -t, --tty=false            Allocate a pseudo-TTY
       -u, --user=""              Username or UID
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
index f348e54315..52e8b12164 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
@@ -3183,6 +3183,25 @@ func TestRunOOMExitCode(t *testing.T) {
 	logDone("run - exit code on oom")
 }
 
+func TestRunSetDefaultRestartPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	defer deleteAllContainers()
+	runCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-d", "--name", "test", "busybox", "top")
+	if out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(runCmd); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to run container: %v, output: %q", err, out)
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "inspect", "-f", "{{.HostConfig.RestartPolicy.Name}}", "test")
+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to inspect container: %v, output: %q", err, out)
+	}
+	out = strings.Trim(out, "\r\n")
+	if out != "no" {
+		t.Fatalf("Set default restart policy failed")
+	}
+
+	logDone("run - set default restart policy success")
+}
+
 func TestRunRestartMaxRetries(t *testing.T) {
 	defer deleteAllContainers()
 	out, err := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-d", "--restart=on-failure:3", "busybox", "false").CombinedOutput()
diff --git a/runconfig/parse.go b/runconfig/parse.go
index fb81759b2d..bf87c42f94 100644
--- a/runconfig/parse.go
+++ b/runconfig/parse.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func Parse(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string) (*Config, *HostConfig, *flag.FlagSe
 		flNetMode         = cmd.String([]string{"-net"}, "bridge", "Set the Network mode for the container")
 		flMacAddress      = cmd.String([]string{"-mac-address"}, "", "Container MAC address (e.g. 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33)")
 		flIpcMode         = cmd.String([]string{"-ipc"}, "", "IPC namespace to use")
-		flRestartPolicy   = cmd.String([]string{"-restart"}, "", "Restart policy to apply when a container exits")
+		flRestartPolicy   = cmd.String([]string{"-restart"}, "no", "Restart policy to apply when a container exits")
 		flReadonlyRootfs  = cmd.Bool([]string{"-read-only"}, false, "Mount the container's root filesystem as read only")
 	)