diff --git a/docs/userguide/dockerrepos.md b/docs/userguide/dockerrepos.md
index c8f7e55d04..3ee52a45ea 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/dockerrepos.md
+++ b/docs/userguide/dockerrepos.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ e-mail address. It will then automatically log you in. You can now commit and
 push your own images up to your repos on Docker Hub.
 
 > **Note:**
-> Your authentication credentials will be stored in the `.dockercfg`
+> Your authentication credentials will be stored in the `~/.docker/config.json`
 > authentication file in your home directory.
 
 ## Searching for images
diff --git a/man/docker-login.1.md b/man/docker-login.1.md
index 87ad31b703..b87e2c1591 100644
--- a/man/docker-login.1.md
+++ b/man/docker-login.1.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ do not specify a `SERVER`, the command uses Docker's public registry located at
 
 You can log into any public or private repository for which you have
 credentials.  When you log in, the command stores encoded credentials in
-`$HOME/.dockercfg` on Linux or `%USERPROFILE%/.dockercfg` on Windows.
+`$HOME/.docker/config.json` on Linux or `%USERPROFILE%/.docker/config.json` on Windows.
 
 # OPTIONS
 **-e**, **--email**=""