diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 66e568e4..d367e1d2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ RUN make PREFIX=/go clean binaries
 VOLUME ["/var/lib/registry"]
 EXPOSE 5000
 ENTRYPOINT ["registry"]
-CMD ["cmd/registry/config.yml"]
+CMD ["cmd/registry/dev-config.yml"]
diff --git a/cmd/registry/config.yml b/cmd/registry/dev-config.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/registry/config.yml
rename to cmd/registry/dev-config.yml
diff --git a/cmd/registry/example-config.yml b/cmd/registry/example-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99161273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/registry/example-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: 0.1
+log:
+  fields:
+    service: registry
+storage:
+    cache:
+        layerinfo: inmemory
+    filesystem:
+        rootdirectory: /var/lib/registry
+    maintenance:
+        uploadpurging:
+            enabled: false
+http:
+    addr: :5000
diff --git a/docs/building.md b/docs/building.md
index bbf9cc0b..2a0c226e 100644
--- a/docs/building.md
+++ b/docs/building.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The registry can be run with the default config using the following
 incantantation:
 
 ```
-$ $GOPATH/bin/registry $GOPATH/src/github.com/docker/distribution/cmd/registry/config.yml
+$ $GOPATH/bin/registry $GOPATH/src/github.com/docker/distribution/cmd/registry/dev-config.yml
 INFO[0000] endpoint local-5003 disabled, skipping        app.id=34bbec38-a91a-494a-9a3f-b72f9010081f version=v2.0.0-alpha.1+unknown
 INFO[0000] endpoint local-8083 disabled, skipping        app.id=34bbec38-a91a-494a-9a3f-b72f9010081f version=v2.0.0-alpha.1+unknown
 INFO[0000] listening on :5000                            app.id=34bbec38-a91a-494a-9a3f-b72f9010081f version=v2.0.0-alpha.1+unknown
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index b45f7da1..8ecc6d63 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ The above configures the registry instance to run on port `5000`, binding to
 verbose.
 
 A similar simple configuration is available at
-[config.yml](https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/master/cmd/registry/config.yml).
+[example-config.yml](https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/master/cmd/registry/example-config.yml).
 Both are generally useful for local development.