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@@ -16,8 +16,31 @@ OS, and Architecture.
Print usage statement
+**--format**
+
+Change output format to "json" or a Go template.
+
+## Example
+
+A sample output of the `version` command:
+```
+$ podman version
+Version: 0.11.1
+Go Version: go1.11
+Git Commit: "8967a1d691ed44896b81ad48c863033f23c65eb0-dirty"
+Built: Thu Nov 8 22:35:40 2018
+OS/Arch: linux/amd64
+```
+
+Filtering out only the version:
+```
+$ podman version --format '{{.Version}}'
+0.11.2
+```
+
## SEE ALSO
podman(1), crio(8)
## HISTORY
+November 2018, Added --format flag by Tomas Tomecek <ttomecek@redhat.com>
July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>