diff --git a/docs/drivers/digital-ocean.md b/docs/drivers/digital-ocean.md
index ec606c93b0..86ee87c669 100644
--- a/docs/drivers/digital-ocean.md
+++ b/docs/drivers/digital-ocean.md
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ Options:
 -   `--digitalocean-backups`: Enable Digital Oceans backups for the droplet.
 -   `--digitalocean-userdata`: Path to file containing User Data for the droplet.
 
-The DigitalOcean driver will use `ubuntu-14-04-x64` as the default image.
+The DigitalOcean driver will use `ubuntu-15-10-x64` as the default image.
 
 Environment variables and default values:
 
-| CLI option                          | Environment variable              | Default  |
-| ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | -------- |
-| **`--digitalocean-access-token`**   | `DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN`       | -        |
-| `--digitalocean-image`              | `DIGITALOCEAN_IMAGE`              | `docker` |
-| `--digitalocean-region`             | `DIGITALOCEAN_REGION`             | `nyc3`   |
-| `--digitalocean-size`               | `DIGITALOCEAN_SIZE`               | `512mb`  |
-| `--digitalocean-ipv6`               | `DIGITALOCEAN_IPV6`               | `false`  |
-| `--digitalocean-private-networking` | `DIGITALOCEAN_PRIVATE_NETWORKING` | `false`  |
-| `--digitalocean-backups`            | `DIGITALOCEAN_BACKUPS`            | `false`  |
-| `--digitalocean-userdata`           | `DIGITALOCEAN_USERDATA`           | -        |
+| CLI option                          | Environment variable              | Default            |
+| ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------ |
+| **`--digitalocean-access-token`**   | `DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN`       | -                  |
+| `--digitalocean-image`              | `DIGITALOCEAN_IMAGE`              | `ubuntu-15-10-x64` |
+| `--digitalocean-region`             | `DIGITALOCEAN_REGION`             | `nyc3`             |
+| `--digitalocean-size`               | `DIGITALOCEAN_SIZE`               | `512mb`            |
+| `--digitalocean-ipv6`               | `DIGITALOCEAN_IPV6`               | `false`            |
+| `--digitalocean-private-networking` | `DIGITALOCEAN_PRIVATE_NETWORKING` | `false`            |
+| `--digitalocean-backups`            | `DIGITALOCEAN_BACKUPS`            | `false`            |
+| `--digitalocean-userdata`           | `DIGITALOCEAN_USERDATA`           | -                  |
diff --git a/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go b/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
index 2faf86c6a4..9dab044ede 100644
--- a/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
+++ b/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type Driver struct {
 }
 
 const (
-	defaultImage  = "ubuntu-14-04-x64"
+	defaultImage  = "ubuntu-15-10-x64"
 	defaultRegion = "nyc3"
 	defaultSize   = "512mb"
 )