3 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pods/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/pods/inspect.go
index 96eaec3b9..d4b8df90e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pods/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pods/inspect.go
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ func inspect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	if report.IsJSON(inspectOptions.Format) {
+		json.MarshalIndent(responses, "", "     ")
 		enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
 		enc.SetIndent("", "     ")
 		return enc.Encode(responses)
 	}
 
+	// cmd.Flags().Changed("format") must be true to reach this code
 	row := report.NormalizeFormat(inspectOptions.Format)
 
 	t, err := report.NewTemplate("inspect").Parse(row)
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pods/ps.go b/cmd/podman/pods/ps.go
index 60aadf224..808ec31b3 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pods/ps.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pods/ps.go
@@ -136,11 +136,12 @@ func pods(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		renderHeaders = report.HasTable(psInput.Format)
 		row = report.NormalizeFormat(psInput.Format)
 	}
+	format := report.EnforceRange(row)
+
 	noHeading, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("noheading")
 	if noHeading {
 		renderHeaders = false
 	}
-	format := report.EnforceRange(row)
 
 	tmpl, err := report.NewTemplate("list").Parse(format)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pods/stats.go b/cmd/podman/pods/stats.go
index ba2c1495b..a7bba3064 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pods/stats.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pods/stats.go
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ func stats(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	row := report.NormalizeFormat(statsOptions.Format)
-	doJSON := report.IsJSON(row)
-
+	doJSON := report.IsJSON(cmd.Flag("format").Value.String())
 	headers := report.Headers(entities.PodStatsReport{}, map[string]string{
 		"CPU":           "CPU %",
 		"MemUsage":      "MEM USAGE/ LIMIT",
@@ -96,6 +94,8 @@ func stats(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				goterm.Flush()
 			}
 			if cmd.Flags().Changed("format") {
+				row := report.NormalizeFormat(statsOptions.Format)
+				row = report.EnforceRange(row)
 				if err := printFormattedPodStatsLines(headers, row, reports); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ func printFormattedPodStatsLines(headerNames []map[string]string, row string, st
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	row = report.EnforceRange(row)
-
 	tmpl, err := report.NewTemplate("stats").Parse(row)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err