diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index feab558259..d12a5755e4 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func mkBuildContext(dockerfile string, files [][2]string) (Archive, error) {
 
 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdBuild(args ...string) error {
 	cmd := Subcmd("build", "[OPTIONS] PATH | URL | -", "Build a new container image from the source code at PATH")
-	tag := cmd.String("t", "", "Tag to be applied to the resulting image in case of success")
+	tag := cmd.String("t", "", "Repository name to be applied to the resulting image in case of success")
 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.0.rst b/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.0.rst
index a789337093..f2e9a99939 100644
--- a/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.0.rst
+++ b/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.0.rst
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ Build an image from Dockerfile via stdin
 	   
 	   {{ STREAM }}
 
-	:query t: tag to be applied to the resulting image in case of success
+	:query t: repository name to be applied to the resulting image in case of success
 	:statuscode 200: no error
         :statuscode 500: server error
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.2.rst b/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.2.rst
index a6c2c31920..bec5677425 100644
--- a/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.2.rst
+++ b/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.2.rst
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ Build an image from Dockerfile via stdin
 	   
 	   {{ STREAM }}
 
-	:query t: tag to be applied to the resulting image in case of success
+	:query t: repository name to be applied to the resulting image in case of success
 	:query remote: resource to fetch, as URI
 	:statuscode 200: no error
         :statuscode 500: server error
diff --git a/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.3.rst b/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.3.rst
index b0955ce496..efd695b82c 100644
--- a/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.3.rst
+++ b/docs/sources/api/docker_remote_api_v1.3.rst
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ Build an image from Dockerfile via stdin
 
         The Content-type header should be set to "application/tar".
 
-	:query t: tag to be applied to the resulting image in case of success
+	:query t: repository name to be applied to the resulting image in case of success
 	:statuscode 200: no error
         :statuscode 500: server error
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/commandline/command/build.rst b/docs/sources/commandline/command/build.rst
index 1645002ba2..aeba8cc899 100644
--- a/docs/sources/commandline/command/build.rst
+++ b/docs/sources/commandline/command/build.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     Usage: docker build [OPTIONS] PATH | URL | -
     Build a new container image from the source code at PATH
-      -t="": Tag to be applied to the resulting image in case of success.
+      -t="": Repository name to be applied to the resulting image in case of success.
     When a single Dockerfile is given as URL, then no context is set. When a git repository is set as URL, the repository is used as context