diff --git a/docs/sources/articles/baseimages.md b/docs/sources/articles/baseimages.md
index c795b7a0a7..d2adf62a12 100644
--- a/docs/sources/articles/baseimages.md
+++ b/docs/sources/articles/baseimages.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ which you can `docker pull`. You can then use that
 image to base your new minimal containers `FROM`:
 
     FROM scratch
-    ADD true-asm /true
+    COPY true-asm /true
     CMD ["/true"]
 
 The Dockerfile above is from extremely minimal image - [tianon/true](
diff --git a/docs/sources/articles/using_supervisord.md b/docs/sources/articles/using_supervisord.md
index 91b8976d78..9188265199 100644
--- a/docs/sources/articles/using_supervisord.md
+++ b/docs/sources/articles/using_supervisord.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Now let's add a configuration file for Supervisor. The default file is
 called `supervisord.conf` and is located in
 `/etc/supervisor/conf.d/`.
 
-    ADD supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
+    COPY supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
 
 Let's see what is inside our `supervisord.conf`
 file.
diff --git a/docs/sources/examples/nodejs_web_app.md b/docs/sources/examples/nodejs_web_app.md
index a7b8eea7e3..ad99c9bf84 100644
--- a/docs/sources/examples/nodejs_web_app.md
+++ b/docs/sources/examples/nodejs_web_app.md
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ via-package-manager#rhelcentosscientific-linux-6):
     # Install Node.js and npm
     RUN     yum install -y npm
 
-To bundle your app's source code inside the Docker image, use the `ADD`
+To bundle your app's source code inside the Docker image, use the `COPY`
 instruction:
 
     # Bundle app source
-    ADD . /src
+    COPY . /src
 
 Install your app dependencies using the `npm` binary:
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Your `Dockerfile` should now look like this:
     RUN     yum install -y npm
 
     # Bundle app source
-    ADD . /src
+    COPY . /src
     # Install app dependencies
     RUN cd /src; npm install
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/examples/running_riak_service.md b/docs/sources/examples/running_riak_service.md
index 59dba00639..6a81180320 100644
--- a/docs/sources/examples/running_riak_service.md
+++ b/docs/sources/examples/running_riak_service.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ After that, we install and setup a few dependencies:
 
     RUN locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
 
-    ADD supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
+    COPY supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
 
     RUN echo 'root:basho' | chpasswd