1 files changed, 19 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/podman/images.go b/cmd/podman/images.go
index 26e51bef7..f92e5d44d 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/images.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/images.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ func (a imagesSortedSize) Less(i, j int) bool {
 
 var (
 	imagesCommand     cliconfig.ImagesValues
-	imagesDescription = "lists locally stored images."
+	imagesDescription = "Lists images previously pulled to the system or created on the system."
 
 	_imagesCommand = cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "images [flags] [IMAGE]",
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func imagesInit(command *cliconfig.ImagesValues) {
+	command.SetHelpTemplate(HelpTemplate())
 	command.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
 
 	flags := command.Flags()
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ func init() {
 func imagesCmd(c *cliconfig.ImagesValues) error {
 	var (
 		filterFuncs []imagefilters.ResultFilter
-		newImage    *adapter.ContainerImage
+		image       string
 	)
 
 	runtime, err := adapter.GetRuntime(&c.PodmanCommand)
@@ -136,23 +138,23 @@ func imagesCmd(c *cliconfig.ImagesValues) error {
 	}
 	defer runtime.Shutdown(false)
 	if len(c.InputArgs) == 1 {
-		newImage, err = runtime.NewImageFromLocal(c.InputArgs[0])
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		image = c.InputArgs[0]
 	}
-
 	if len(c.InputArgs) > 1 {
 		return errors.New("'podman images' requires at most 1 argument")
 	}
-
+	if len(c.Filter) > 0 && image != "" {
+		return errors.New("can not specify an image and a filter")
+	}
 	ctx := getContext()
 
-	if len(c.Filter) > 0 || newImage != nil {
-		filterFuncs, err = CreateFilterFuncs(ctx, runtime, c.Filter, newImage)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	if len(c.Filter) > 0 {
+		filterFuncs, err = CreateFilterFuncs(ctx, runtime, c.Filter, nil)
+	} else {
+		filterFuncs, err = CreateFilterFuncs(ctx, runtime, []string{fmt.Sprintf("reference=%s", image)}, nil)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	opts := imagesOptions{
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ func imagesCmd(c *cliconfig.ImagesValues) error {
 
 	var filteredImages []*adapter.ContainerImage
 	//filter the images
-	if len(c.Filter) > 0 || newImage != nil {
+	if len(c.Filter) > 0 || len(c.InputArgs) == 1 {
 		filteredImages = imagefilters.FilterImages(images, filterFuncs)
 	} else {
 		filteredImages = images
@@ -375,6 +377,9 @@ func CreateFilterFuncs(ctx context.Context, r *adapter.LocalRuntime, filters []s
 		case "label":
 			labelFilter := strings.Join(splitFilter[1:], "=")
 			filterFuncs = append(filterFuncs, imagefilters.LabelFilter(ctx, labelFilter))
+		case "reference":
+			referenceFilter := strings.Join(splitFilter[1:], "=")
+			filterFuncs = append(filterFuncs, imagefilters.ReferenceFilter(ctx, referenceFilter))
 		default:
 			return nil, errors.Errorf("invalid filter %s ", splitFilter[0])
 		}