diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 752ed82906..d3aaa80ea7 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdPull(args ...string) error {
 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdImages(args ...string) error {
 	cmd := Subcmd("images", "[OPTIONS] [NAME]", "List images")
 	quiet := cmd.Bool("q", false, "only show numeric IDs")
-	all := cmd.Bool("a", false, "show all images")
+	all := cmd.Bool("a", false, "show all images (by default filter out the intermediate images used to build)")
 	noTrunc := cmd.Bool("notrunc", false, "Don't truncate output")
 	flViz := cmd.Bool("viz", false, "output graph in graphviz format")
 	flTree := cmd.Bool("tree", false, "output graph in tree format")
diff --git a/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst b/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst
index 7bde6863c2..b067e11652 100644
--- a/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst
+++ b/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst
@@ -397,18 +397,52 @@ To see how the docker:latest image was built:
 
     List images
 
-      -a=false: show all images
+      -a=false: show all images (by default filter out the intermediate images used to build)
       -notrunc=false: Don't truncate output
       -q=false: only show numeric IDs
       -tree=false: output graph in tree format
       -viz=false: output graph in graphviz format
+      
+Listing the most recently created images
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+	$ sudo docker images | head
+	REPOSITORY                    TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
+	<none>                        <none>              77af4d6b9913        19 hours ago        30.53 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	committest                    latest              b6fa739cedf5        19 hours ago        30.53 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	<none>                        <none>              78a85c484f71        19 hours ago        30.53 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	docker                        latest              30557a29d5ab        20 hours ago        30.53 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	<none>                        <none>              0124422dd9f9        20 hours ago        30.53 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	<none>                        <none>              18ad6fad3402        22 hours ago        23.68 MB (virtual 1.082 GB)
+	<none>                        <none>              f9f1e26352f0        23 hours ago        30.46 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	tryout                        latest              2629d1fa0b81        23 hours ago        16.4 kB (virtual 131.5 MB)
+	<none>                        <none>              5ed6274db6ce        24 hours ago        30.44 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+
+Listing the full length image IDs
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+	$ sudo docker images -notrunc | head
+	REPOSITORY                    TAG                 IMAGE ID                                                           CREATED             SIZE
+	<none>                        <none>              77af4d6b9913e693e8d0b4b294fa62ade6054e6b2f1ffb617ac955dd63fb0182   19 hours ago        30.53 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	committest                    latest              b6fa739cedf5ea12a620a439402b6004d057da800f91c7524b5086a5e4749c9f   19 hours ago        30.53 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	<none>                        <none>              78a85c484f71509adeaace20e72e941f6bdd2b25b4c75da8693efd9f61a37921   19 hours ago        30.53 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	docker                        latest              30557a29d5abc51e5f1d5b472e79b7e296f595abcf19fe6b9199dbbc809c6ff4   20 hours ago        30.53 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	<none>                        <none>              0124422dd9f9cf7ef15c0617cda3931ee68346455441d66ab8bdc5b05e9fdce5   20 hours ago        30.53 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	<none>                        <none>              18ad6fad340262ac2a636efd98a6d1f0ea775ae3d45240d3418466495a19a81b   22 hours ago        23.68 MB (virtual 1.082 GB)
+	<none>                        <none>              f9f1e26352f0a3ba6a0ff68167559f64f3e21ff7ada60366e2d44a04befd1d3a   23 hours ago        30.46 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
+	tryout                        latest              2629d1fa0b81b222fca63371ca16cbf6a0772d07759ff80e8d1369b926940074   23 hours ago        16.4 kB (virtual 131.5 MB)
+	<none>                        <none>              5ed6274db6ceb2397844896966ea239290555e74ef307030ebb01ff91b1914df   24 hours ago        30.44 MB (virtual 1.089 GB)
 
 Displaying images visually
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-::
+.. code-block:: bash
 
-    sudo docker images -viz | dot -Tpng -o docker.png
+    $ sudo docker images -viz | dot -Tpng -o docker.png
 
 .. image:: docker_images.gif
    :alt: Example inheritance graph of Docker images.
@@ -417,9 +451,9 @@ Displaying images visually
 Displaying image hierarchy
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-::
+.. code-block:: bash
 
-    sudo docker images -tree
+    $ sudo docker images -tree
 
     |─8dbd9e392a96 Size: 131.5 MB (virtual 131.5 MB) Tags: ubuntu:12.04,ubuntu:latest,ubuntu:precise
     └─27cf78414709 Size: 180.1 MB (virtual 180.1 MB)