diff --git a/docs/sources/http-routingtable.md b/docs/sources/http-routingtable.md
index 4de7bcd3fa..ff66c7a198 100644
--- a/docs/sources/http-routingtable.md
+++ b/docs/sources/http-routingtable.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
      [`POST /containers/(id)/wait`](../reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.9/#post--containers-(id)-wait)                                                           **
      [`POST /containers/create`](../reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.9/#post--containers-create)                                                                 **
      [`GET /containers/json`](../reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.9/#get--containers-json)                                                                       **
-     [`GET /containers/resize`](../reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.9/#get--containers-resize)                                                                       **
+     [`POST /containers/(id)/resize`](../reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.9/#get--containers-resize)                                                                  **
                                                                                                                                                                           
      **/events**                                                                                                                                                          
      [`GET /events`](../reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.9/#get--events)                                                                                         **
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.16.md b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.16.md
index db07a97a6e..d8ce9469a6 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.16.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.16.md
@@ -471,13 +471,13 @@ Status Codes:
 
 ### Resize a container TTY
 
-`GET /containers/(id)/resize?h=<height>&w=<width>`
+`POST /containers/(id)/resize?h=<height>&w=<width>`
 
-Resize the TTY of container `id`
+Resize the TTY for container with  `id`. The container must be restarted for the resize to take effect.
 
 **Example request**:
 
-        GET /containers/4fa6e0f0c678/resize?h=40&w=80 HTTP/1.1
+        POST /containers/4fa6e0f0c678/resize?h=40&w=80 HTTP/1.1
 
 **Example response**:
 
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ Status Codes:
 
 -   **200** – no error
 -   **404** – No such container
--   **500** – bad file descriptor
+-   **500** – Cannot resize container
 
 ### Start a container
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.9.md b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.9.md
index ed12bc3253..e069a09e20 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.9.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.9.md
@@ -364,28 +364,6 @@ Status Codes:
 -   **404** – no such container
 -   **500** – server error
 
-### Resize a container TTY
-
-`GET /containers/(id)/resize?h=<height>&w=<width>`
-
-Resize the TTY of container `id` 
-
-**Example request**:
-
-        GET /containers/4fa6e0f0c678/resize?h=40&w=80 HTTP/1.1
-
-**Example response**:
-
-        HTTP/1.1 200 OK
-        Content-Length: 0
-        Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
-
-Status Codes:
-
--   **200** – no error
--   **404** – No such container
--   **500** – bad file descriptor
-
 ### Start a container
 
 `POST /containers/(id)/start`
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_api_resize_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_api_resize_test.go
index 3595999a71..355bfd9977 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_api_resize_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_api_resize_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestResizeApiResponse(t *testing.T) {
-	runCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-d", "busybox", "true")
+	runCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-d", "busybox", "top")
 	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(runCmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf(out, err)