diff --git a/docs/developing-locally-docker.rst b/docs/developing-locally-docker.rst
index 379bc8106..5c1a8c08f 100644
--- a/docs/developing-locally-docker.rst
+++ b/docs/developing-locally-docker.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Build the Stack
 This can take a while, especially the first time you run this particular command
 on your development system::
 
-    $ docker-compose -f dev.yml build
+    $ docker-compose -f local.yml build
 
 If you want to build the production environment you don't have to pass an argument -f, it will automatically use docker-compose.yml.
 
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ runs will occur quickly.
 
 Open a terminal at the project root and run the following for local development::
 
-    $ docker-compose -f dev.yml up
+    $ docker-compose -f local.yml up
 
-You can also set the environment variable ``COMPOSE_FILE`` pointing to ``dev.yml`` like this::
+You can also set the environment variable ``COMPOSE_FILE`` pointing to ``local.yml`` like this::
 
-    $ export COMPOSE_FILE=dev.yml
+    $ export COMPOSE_FILE=local.yml
 
 And then run::
 
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ using the ``docker-compose run`` command.
 
 To migrate your app and to create a superuser, run::
 
-    $ docker-compose -f dev.yml run django python manage.py migrate
-    $ docker-compose -f dev.yml run django python manage.py createsuperuser
+    $ docker-compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py migrate
+    $ docker-compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py createsuperuser
 
 Here we specify the ``django`` container as the location to run our management commands.
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ When ``DEBUG`` is set to `True`, the host is validated against ``['localhost', '
 Production Mode
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Instead of using `dev.yml`, you would use `docker-compose.yml`.
+Instead of using `local.yml`, you would use `docker-compose.yml`.
 
 Other Useful Tips
 -----------------
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ If you want to run the stack in detached mode (in the background), use the ``-d`
 
 ::
 
-    $ docker-compose -f dev.yml up -d
+    $ docker-compose -f local.yml up -d
 
 Debugging
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Then you may need to run the following for it to work as desired:
 
 ::
 
-    $ docker-compose -f dev.yml run --service-ports django
+    $ docker-compose -f local.yml run --service-ports django
 
 
 django-debug-toolbar
diff --git a/docs/docker-postgres-backups.rst b/docs/docker-postgres-backups.rst
index 6f2a3cc5b..d3c7ca1d4 100644
--- a/docs/docker-postgres-backups.rst
+++ b/docs/docker-postgres-backups.rst
@@ -2,26 +2,26 @@
 Database Backups with Docker
 ============================
 
-The database has to be running to create/restore a backup. These examples show local examples. If you want to use it on a remote server, remove ``-f dev.yml`` from each example.
+The database has to be running to create/restore a backup. These examples show local examples. If you want to use it on a remote server, remove ``-f local.yml`` from each example.
 
 Running Backups
 ================
 
-Run the app with `docker-compose -f dev.yml up`.
+Run the app with `docker-compose -f local.yml up`.
 
 To create a backup, run::
 
-    docker-compose -f dev.yml run postgres backup
+    docker-compose -f local.yml run postgres backup
 
 
 To list backups, run::
 
-    docker-compose -f dev.yml run postgres list-backups
+    docker-compose -f local.yml run postgres list-backups
 
 
 To restore a backup, run::
 
-    docker-compose -f dev.yml run postgres restore filename.sql
+    docker-compose -f local.yml run postgres restore filename.sql
 
 Where <containerId> is the ID of the Postgres container. To get it, run::
 
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 5e1eff9bd..fb4cbeb6f 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def remove_docker_files():
     """
     Removes files needed for docker if it isn't going to be used
     """
-    for filename in ["dev.yml", "docker-compose.yml", ".dockerignore"]:
+    for filename in ["local.yml", "docker-compose.yml", ".dockerignore"]:
         os.remove(os.path.join(
             PROJECT_DIRECTORY, filename
         ))
@@ -296,4 +296,4 @@ if '{{ cookiecutter.use_elasticbeanstalk_experimental }}'.lower() != 'y':
 
 # 13. Remove files conventional to opensource projects only.
 if '{{ cookiecutter.open_source_license }}' == 'Not open source':
-    remove_open_source_files()
\ No newline at end of file
+    remove_open_source_files()
diff --git a/tests/test_docker.sh b/tests/test_docker.sh
index 3c047f0a3..137694d7a 100755
--- a/tests/test_docker.sh
+++ b/tests/test_docker.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cookiecutter ../../ --no-input --overwrite-if-exists use_docker=y js_task_runner
 cd project_name
 
 # run the project's tests
-docker-compose -f dev.yml run django python manage.py test
+docker-compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py test
 
 # return non-zero status code if there are migrations that have not been created
-docker-compose -f dev.yml run django python manage.py makemigrations --dry-run --check || { echo "ERROR: there were changes in the models, but migration listed above have not been created and are not saved in version control"; exit 1; }
+docker-compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py makemigrations --dry-run --check || { echo "ERROR: there were changes in the models, but migration listed above have not been created and are not saved in version control"; exit 1; }
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/pycharm/configuration.rst b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/pycharm/configuration.rst
index 94ece449a..551da194c 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/pycharm/configuration.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/pycharm/configuration.rst
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ Next, you have to add new remote python interpreter, based on already tested dep
 
 .. image:: images/3.png
 
-Switch to *Docker Compose* and select `dev.yml` file from directory of your project, next set *Service name* to `django`
+Switch to *Docker Compose* and select `local.yml` file from directory of your project, next set *Service name* to `django`
 
 .. image:: images/4.png
 
-Because Pycharm restarts container every time you use Configuration Run, to not have server restarted during running tests, we defined second service in `dev.yml` file called pycharm. To use it, you have to add interpreter of second service as well.
+Because Pycharm restarts container every time you use Configuration Run, to not have server restarted during running tests, we defined second service in `local.yml` file called pycharm. To use it, you have to add interpreter of second service as well.
 
 .. image:: images/5.png
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/dev.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/local.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/dev.yml
rename to {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/local.yml