diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/alicloud-ecs.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/alicloud-ecs.html.md
index e4e2f8b11..8d6df5b5a 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/alicloud-ecs.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/alicloud-ecs.html.md
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Here is a basic example for Alicloud.
     "secret_key":"{{user `secret_key`}}",
     "region":"cn-beijing",
     "image_name":"packer_test2",
-    "source_image":"centos_7_2_64_40G_base_20170222.vhd",
+    "source_image":"centos_7_04_64_20G_alibase_201701015.vhd",
     "ssh_username":"root",
     "instance_type":"ecs.n1.tiny",
     "io_optimized":"true",
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ Here is a basic example for Alicloud.
 }
 ```
 
+~> Note: Images can become deprecated after a while; run
+`aliyun ecs DescribeImages` to find one that exists.
+
 See the
 [examples/alicloud](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/tree/master/examples/alicloud)
 folder in the packer project for more examples.