diff --git a/conf/docker.properties.template b/conf/docker.properties.template
index 55cb094b4af46..2ecb4f1464a4f 100644
--- a/conf/docker.properties.template
+++ b/conf/docker.properties.template
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-spark.mesos.executor.docker.image: <image built from `../docker/spark-mesos/Dockerfile`>
+spark.mesos.executor.docker.image: <image built from `../external/docker/spark-mesos/Dockerfile`>
 spark.mesos.executor.docker.volumes: /usr/local/lib:/host/usr/local/lib:ro
 spark.mesos.executor.home: /opt/spark