diff --git a/examples/guestbook/README.md b/examples/guestbook/README.md
index 8114b2f1d05..53bd53390b6 100644
--- a/examples/guestbook/README.md
+++ b/examples/guestbook/README.md
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: master
-        image: redis
+        image: gcr.io/google_containers/redis:e2e  # or just image: redis
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
diff --git a/examples/guestbook/all-in-one/guestbook-all-in-one.yaml b/examples/guestbook/all-in-one/guestbook-all-in-one.yaml
index 44b3ad926bd..f101e2a18d0 100644
--- a/examples/guestbook/all-in-one/guestbook-all-in-one.yaml
+++ b/examples/guestbook/all-in-one/guestbook-all-in-one.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: master
-        image: redis
+        image: gcr.io/google_containers/redis:e2e  # or just image: redis
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
diff --git a/examples/guestbook/redis-master-controller.yaml b/examples/guestbook/redis-master-controller.yaml
index ed83fad584a..2b9b8ec7a41 100644
--- a/examples/guestbook/redis-master-controller.yaml
+++ b/examples/guestbook/redis-master-controller.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: master
-        image: redis
+        image: gcr.io/google_containers/redis:e2e  # or just image: redis
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 100m