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+% podman-load(1)
+
+## NAME
+podman\-load - Load an image from a container image archive into container storage
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+**podman load** [*options*] [*name*[:*tag*]]
+
+**podman image load** [*options*] [*name*[:*tag*]]
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+**podman load** loads an image from either an **oci-archive** or **docker-archive** stored on the local machine into container storage. **podman load** reads from stdin by default or a file if the **input** option is set.
+You can also specify a name for the image if the archive does not contain a named reference, of if you want an additional name for the local image.
+
+The **quiet** option suppresses the progress output when set.
+Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.
+
+
+**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
+
+**podman load [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
+
+**podman load [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG]**
+
+## OPTIONS
+
+**--input**, **-i**=*input*
+
+Read from archive file, default is STDIN.
+
+The remote client requires the use of this option.
+
+**--quiet**, **-q**
+
+Suppress the progress output
+
+**--help**, **-h**
+
+Print usage statement
+
+## EXAMPLES
+
+```
+$ podman load --quiet -i fedora.tar
+```
+
+```
+$ podman load -q -i fedora.tar
+```
+
+```
+$ podman load < fedora.tar
+Getting image source signatures
+Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
+ 0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
+Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560
+ 0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
+Writing manifest to image destination
+Storing signatures
+Loaded image: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest
+```
+
+```
+$ cat fedora.tar | podman load
+Getting image source signatures
+Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
+ 0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
+Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560
+ 0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
+Writing manifest to image destination
+Storing signatures
+Loaded image: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest
+```
+
+## SEE ALSO
+podman(1), podman-save(1), podman-tag(1)
+
+## HISTORY
+July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>