diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml
index df1fec61c25179a74b6ba48ff79b33eb62040548..8bcf8d4cb48c3ea328cd629ac1bcfb5eca1acc53 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/reports.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 include:
-  - local: /lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
+  - template: Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
 
 code_quality:
   extends: .dedicated-no-docs-no-db-pull-cache-job
diff --git a/doc/ci/examples/code_quality.md b/doc/ci/examples/code_quality.md
index 3e7d6e7e3f744fb56b59f2cbba4f022c1f022237..186d4527bb663db4a49aa677c384dace7cb9c5a9 100644
--- a/doc/ci/examples/code_quality.md
+++ b/doc/ci/examples/code_quality.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Analyze your project's Code Quality
 
 CAUTION: **Caution:**
-The job definition shown below is supported on GitLab 11.5 and later versions.
+The job definition shown below is supported on GitLab 11.11 and later versions.
 It also requires the GitLab Runner 11.5 or later.
 For earlier versions, use the [previous job definitions](#previous-job-definitions).
 
@@ -11,27 +11,11 @@ and Docker.
 First, you need GitLab Runner with
 [docker-in-docker executor](../docker/using_docker_build.md#use-docker-in-docker-executor).
 
-Once you set up the Runner, add a new job to `.gitlab-ci.yml` that
-generates the expected report:
+Once you set up the Runner, include the CodeQuality template in your CI config:
 
 ```yaml
-code_quality:
-  image: docker:stable
-  variables:
-    DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
-  allow_failure: true
-  services:
-    - docker:stable-dind
-  script:
-    - export SP_VERSION=$(echo "$CI_SERVER_VERSION" | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1-\2-stable/')
-    - docker run
-        --env SOURCE_CODE="$PWD"
-        --volume "$PWD":/code
-        --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
-        "registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/codequality:$SP_VERSION" /code
-  artifacts:
-    reports:
-      codequality: gl-code-quality-report.json
+include:
+  - template: Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
 ```
 
 The above example will create a `code_quality` job in your CI/CD pipeline which
@@ -54,6 +38,28 @@ While these old job definitions are still maintained they have been deprecated
 and may be removed in next major release, GitLab 12.0.
 You are advised to update your current `.gitlab-ci.yml` configuration to reflect that change.
 
+For GitLab 11.5 and earlier, the job should look like:
+
+```yaml
+code_quality:
+  image: docker:stable
+  variables:
+    DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
+  allow_failure: true
+  services:
+    - docker:stable-dind
+  script:
+    - export SP_VERSION=$(echo "$CI_SERVER_VERSION" | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1-\2-stable/')
+    - docker run
+        --env SOURCE_CODE="$PWD"
+        --volume "$PWD":/code
+        --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+        "registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/codequality:$SP_VERSION" /code
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      codequality: gl-code-quality-report.json
+```
+
 For GitLab 11.4 and earlier, the job should look like:
 
 ```yaml