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-rw-r--r--cmd/podman/inspect.go18
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-inspect.1.md14
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/inspect.go
index 12e11d0f5..befdeb445 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/inspect.go
@@ -8,12 +8,22 @@ import (
)
var (
+ inspectDescription = `Displays the low-level information on an object identified by name or ID.
+ For more inspection options, see:
+
+ podman container inspect
+ podman image inspect
+ podman network inspect
+ podman pod inspect
+ podman volume inspect`
+
// Command: podman _inspect_ Object_ID
inspectCmd = &cobra.Command{
- Use: "inspect [flags] {CONTAINER_ID | IMAGE_ID} [...]",
- Short: "Display the configuration of object denoted by ID",
- Long: "Displays the low-level information on an object identified by name or ID",
- RunE: inspectExec,
+ Use: "inspect [flags] {CONTAINER_ID | IMAGE_ID} [...]",
+ Short: "Display the configuration of object denoted by ID",
+ RunE: inspectExec,
+ Long: inspectDescription,
+ TraverseChildren: true,
Example: `podman inspect fedora
podman inspect --type image fedora
podman inspect CtrID ImgID
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-inspect.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-inspect.1.md
index 4998772c3..a1dcd1a0e 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-inspect.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-inspect.1.md
@@ -6,15 +6,21 @@ podman\-inspect - Display a container or image's configuration
## SYNOPSIS
**podman inspect** [*options*] *name* [...]
-**podman image inspect** [*options*] *image*
-
-**podman container inspect** [*options*] *container*
-
## DESCRIPTION
+
This displays the low-level information on containers and images identified by name or ID. By default, this will render
all results in a JSON array. If the container and image have the same name, this will return container JSON for
unspecified type. If a format is specified, the given template will be executed for each result.
+For more inspection options, see:
+
+ podman container inspect
+ podman image inspect
+ podman network inspect
+ podman pod inspect
+ podman volume inspect
+
+
## OPTIONS
**--type**, **-t**=*type*