diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py
index 53eb5131a1e..120bf17e787 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py
@@ -895,10 +895,11 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
      - "127.0.0.1:8081:9001/udp"
      # Publish container port 9002 as a random host port
      - "9002"
-     # Publish container port 9003 as a random host port in range 8000-8100
-     - "9003:8000-8100"
+     # Publish container port 9003 as a free host port in range 8000-8100
+     # (the host port will be selected by the Docker daemon)
+     - "8000-8100:9003"
      # Publish container ports 9010-9020 to host ports 7000-7010
-     - "9010-9020:7000-7010"
+     - "7000-7010:9010-9020"
     env:
         SECRET_KEY: "ssssh"
         # Values which might be parsed as numbers, booleans or other types by the YAML parser need to be quoted