diff --git a/install/docker/opensuse-docker-install.md b/install/docker/opensuse-docker-install.md
index 7425c9c2c..385c0a653 100644
--- a/install/docker/opensuse-docker-install.md
+++ b/install/docker/opensuse-docker-install.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
        $ cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/kata-containers.conf
        [Service]
        ExecStart=
-       ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -D --containerd /run/containerd/containerd.sock --add-runtime kata-runtime=/usr/bin/kata-runtime --default-runtime=kata-runtime
+       ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -D --add-runtime kata-runtime=/usr/bin/kata-runtime --default-runtime=kata-runtime
        EOF
        ```
 
diff --git a/install/docker/sles-docker-install.md b/install/docker/sles-docker-install.md
index a543e3447..69f1870f4 100644
--- a/install/docker/sles-docker-install.md
+++ b/install/docker/sles-docker-install.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
        $ cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/kata-containers.conf
        [Service]
        ExecStart=
-       ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -D --containerd /run/containerd/containerd.sock --add-runtime kata-runtime=/usr/bin/kata-runtime --default-runtime=kata-runtime
+       ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -D --add-runtime kata-runtime=/usr/bin/kata-runtime --default-runtime=kata-runtime
        EOF
        ```