diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 710a311c08..18be5fc051 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdCommit(args ...string) error {
 	cmd := Subcmd("commit", "[OPTIONS] CONTAINER [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]", "Create a new image from a container's changes")
 	flComment := cmd.String("m", "", "Commit message")
 	flAuthor := cmd.String("author", "", "Author (eg. \"John Hannibal Smith <hannibal@a-team.com>\"")
-	flConfig := cmd.String("run", "", "Config automatically applied when the image is run. "+`(ex: {"Cmd": ["cat", "/world"], "PortSpecs": ["22"]}')`)
+	flConfig := cmd.String("run", "", "Config automatically applied when the image is run. "+`(ex: -run='{"Cmd": ["cat", "/world"], "PortSpecs": ["22"]}')`)
 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst b/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst
index 37f371baad..7db2a309b7 100644
--- a/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst
+++ b/docs/sources/commandline/cli.rst
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ by using the ``git://`` schema.
       -m="": Commit message
       -author="": Author (eg. "John Hannibal Smith <hannibal@a-team.com>"
       -run="": Configuration to be applied when the image is launched with `docker run`.
-               (ex: '{"Cmd": ["cat", "/world"], "PortSpecs": ["22"]}')
+               (ex: -run='{"Cmd": ["cat", "/world"], "PortSpecs": ["22"]}')
 
 Simple commit of an existing container
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Simple commit of an existing container
 	$ docker images | head
 	REPOSITORY                        TAG                 ID                  CREATED             SIZE
 	SvenDowideit/testimage            version3            f5283438590d        16 seconds ago      204.2 MB (virtual 335.7 MB)
-	S
+	
 
 Full -run example
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