diff --git a/api/swagger.yaml b/api/swagger.yaml
index 16da2ce491..1401fa7153 100644
--- a/api/swagger.yaml
+++ b/api/swagger.yaml
@@ -1608,6 +1608,8 @@ definitions:
       Bridge:
         description: |
           Name of the default bridge interface when dockerd's --bridge flag is set.
+
+          Deprecated: This field is only set when the daemon is started with the --bridge flag specified.
         type: "string"
         example: "docker0"
       SandboxID:
diff --git a/api/types/container/network_settings.go b/api/types/container/network_settings.go
index afec0e5432..454f9809e4 100644
--- a/api/types/container/network_settings.go
+++ b/api/types/container/network_settings.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type NetworkSettings struct {
 
 // NetworkSettingsBase holds networking state for a container when inspecting it.
 type NetworkSettingsBase struct {
-	Bridge     string      // Bridge contains the name of the default bridge interface iff it was set through the daemon --bridge flag.
+	Bridge     string      // Deprecated: This field is only set when the daemon is started with the --bridge flag specified.
 	SandboxID  string      // SandboxID uniquely represents a container's network stack
 	SandboxKey string      // SandboxKey identifies the sandbox
 	Ports      nat.PortMap // Ports is a collection of PortBinding indexed by Port
diff --git a/docs/api/v1.50.yaml b/docs/api/v1.50.yaml
index f93605dc0c..6b18935d3d 100644
--- a/docs/api/v1.50.yaml
+++ b/docs/api/v1.50.yaml
@@ -1608,6 +1608,8 @@ definitions:
       Bridge:
         description: |
           Name of the default bridge interface when dockerd's --bridge flag is set.
+
+          Deprecated: This field is only set when the daemon is started with the --bridge flag specified.
         type: "string"
         example: "docker0"
       SandboxID:
diff --git a/docs/api/v1.51.yaml b/docs/api/v1.51.yaml
index 16da2ce491..1401fa7153 100644
--- a/docs/api/v1.51.yaml
+++ b/docs/api/v1.51.yaml
@@ -1608,6 +1608,8 @@ definitions:
       Bridge:
         description: |
           Name of the default bridge interface when dockerd's --bridge flag is set.
+
+          Deprecated: This field is only set when the daemon is started with the --bridge flag specified.
         type: "string"
         example: "docker0"
       SandboxID:
diff --git a/docs/api/version-history.md b/docs/api/version-history.md
index 4e295e4526..ae06a8f4fb 100644
--- a/docs/api/version-history.md
+++ b/docs/api/version-history.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ keywords: "API, Docker, rcli, REST, documentation"
 * `GET /images/json` now sets the value of `Containers` field for all images
   to the count of containers using the image.
   This field was previously always -1.
+* Deprecated: The field `NetworkSettings.Bridge` returned by `GET /containers/{id}/json`
+  is deprecated and will be removed in the next API version.
 
 ## v1.50 API changes