diff --git a/cli/command/image/pull.go b/cli/command/image/pull.go
index 7485d21a6880..33b6e34aca0b 100644
--- a/cli/command/image/pull.go
+++ b/cli/command/image/pull.go
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ type pullOptions struct {
 	quiet    bool
 }
 
+// hasTagAndDigest reports whether ref specifies both a tag and a digest.
+// Those are valid reference forms, but docker pull treats them as pull-by-digest
+// and does not associate the tag with the local image, which is surprising.
+func hasTagAndDigest(ref reference.Named) bool {
+	_, tagged := ref.(reference.Tagged)
+	_, digested := ref.(reference.Digested)
+	return tagged && digested
+}
+
 // newPullCommand creates a new `docker pull` command
 func newPullCommand(dockerCLI command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 	var opts pullOptions
@@ -73,6 +82,10 @@ func runPull(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, opts pullOptions) error
 		return err
 	case opts.all && !reference.IsNameOnly(distributionRef):
 		return errors.New("tag can't be used with --all-tags/-a")
+	case hasTagAndDigest(distributionRef):
+		// Use line is NAME[:TAG|@DIGEST]; combining both is ambiguous (tag is
+		// dropped on pull and the image is not tagged locally).
+		return errors.New("reference cannot contain both a tag and a digest")
 	case !opts.all && reference.IsNameOnly(distributionRef):
 		distributionRef = reference.TagNameOnly(distributionRef)
 		if tagged, ok := distributionRef.(reference.Tagged); ok && !opts.quiet {
diff --git a/cli/command/image/pull_test.go b/cli/command/image/pull_test.go
index eb8edfbca699..03f4cdb0a1b8 100644
--- a/cli/command/image/pull_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/image/pull_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ func TestNewPullCommandErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedError: "tag can't be used with --all-tags/-a",
 			args:          []string{"--all-tags", "image:tag"},
 		},
+		{
+			name:          "tag-and-digest",
+			expectedError: "reference cannot contain both a tag and a digest",
+			args:          []string{"image:tag@sha256:ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff"},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/image_pull.md b/docs/reference/commandline/image_pull.md
index beb270660aa6..21e6a701d3ea 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/image_pull.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/image_pull.md
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ Status: Image is up to date for ubuntu@sha256:2e863c44b718727c860746568e1d54afd1
 docker.io/library/ubuntu@sha256:2e863c44b718727c860746568e1d54afd13b2fa71b160f5cd9058fc436217b30
 ```
 
+Do not combine a tag and a digest in the same reference (for example,
+`ubuntu:24.04@sha256:…`). `docker pull` rejects that form; use either a tag or
+a digest, not both.
+
 Digest can also be used in the `FROM` of a Dockerfile, for example:
 
 ```dockerfile