4 files changed, 7 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go b/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
index 90f05ab15..081914017 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
@@ -33,18 +33,12 @@ func DefineNetFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	)
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(dnsFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	dnsOptFlagName := "dns-opt"
+	dnsOptFlagName := "dns-option"
 	netFlags.StringSlice(
 		dnsOptFlagName, containerConfig.DNSOptions(),
 		"Set custom DNS options",
 	)
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(dnsOptFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
-	netFlags.StringSlice(
-		"dns-option", containerConfig.DNSOptions(),
-		"Docker compatibility option== --dns-opt",
-	)
-	_ = netFlags.MarkHidden("dns-option")
-
 	dnsSearchFlagName := "dns-search"
 	netFlags.StringSlice(
 		dnsSearchFlagName, containerConfig.DNSSearches(),
@@ -143,20 +137,12 @@ func NetFlagsToNetOptions(opts *entities.NetOptions, flags pflag.FlagSet) (*enti
 		}
 	}
 
-	if flags.Changed("dns-opt") {
-		options, err := flags.GetStringSlice("dns-opt")
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		opts.DNSOptions = options
-	}
-
 	if flags.Changed("dns-option") {
 		options, err := flags.GetStringSlice("dns-option")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		opts.DNSOptions = append(opts.DNSOptions, options...)
+		opts.DNSOptions = options
 	}
 
 	if flags.Changed("dns-search") {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/create.go b/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
index b854ff4b2..f9e37178e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func CreateInit(c *cobra.Command, vals entities.ContainerCreateOptions, isInfra
 	if c.Flag("shm-size").Changed {
 		vals.ShmSize = c.Flag("shm-size").Value.String()
 	}
-	if (c.Flag("dns").Changed || c.Flag("dns-opt").Changed || c.Flag("dns-search").Changed) && vals.Net != nil && (vals.Net.Network.NSMode == specgen.NoNetwork || vals.Net.Network.IsContainer()) {
+	if (c.Flag("dns").Changed || c.Flag("dns-option").Changed || c.Flag("dns-search").Changed) && vals.Net != nil && (vals.Net.Network.NSMode == specgen.NoNetwork || vals.Net.Network.IsContainer()) {
 		return vals, fmt.Errorf("conflicting options: dns and the network mode: " + string(vals.Net.Network.NSMode))
 	}
 	noHosts, err := c.Flags().GetBool("no-hosts")
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pods/create.go b/cmd/podman/pods/create.go
index d30f4782a..1f8152f32 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pods/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pods/create.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/containers"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/parse"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/registry"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/utils"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/domain/entities"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/errorhandling"
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/parsers"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -99,14 +99,7 @@ func init() {
 	shareParentFlagName := "share-parent"
 	flags.BoolVar(&shareParent, shareParentFlagName, true, "Set the pod's cgroup as the cgroup parent for all containers joining the pod")
 
-	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(aliasNetworkFlag)
-}
-
-func aliasNetworkFlag(_ *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
-	if name == "net" {
-		name = "network"
-	}
-	return pflag.NormalizedName(name)
+	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(utils.AliasFlags)
 }
 
 func create(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go b/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go
index b37d0f714..f6ea5110e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 // AliasFlags is a function to handle backwards compatibility with old flags
 func AliasFlags(f *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
 	switch name {
+	case "dns-opt":
+		name = "dns-option"
 	case "healthcheck-command":
 		name = "health-cmd"
 	case "healthcheck-interval":