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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-exists.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-exists.1.md
index b8be07cb9..3d151cfce 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-exists.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-exists.1.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
podman-container-exists - Check if a container exists in local storage
## SYNOPSIS
-**podman container exists** *container*
+**podman container exists** [*options*] *container*
## DESCRIPTION
**podman container exists** checks if a container exists in local storage. The **ID** or **Name**
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ was an issue accessing the local storage.
## OPTIONS
+**--external**=*true|false*
+Check for external containers as well as Podman containers. These external containers are generally created via other container technology such as Buildah or CRI-O.
+
**-h**, **--help**
Print usage statement
@@ -33,6 +36,13 @@ $ echo $?
1
```
+Check if an container called `ubi8-working-container` created via Buildah exists in local storage (the container does not actually exist).
+```
+$ podman container exists --external ubi8-working-container
+$ echo $?
+1
+```
+
## SEE ALSO
podman(1)
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-ps.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-ps.1.md
index 58d3358e5..90f147222 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-ps.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-ps.1.md
@@ -34,23 +34,33 @@ all the containers information. By default it lists:
Show all the containers created by Podman, default is only running containers.
-Note: Podman shares containers storage with other tools such as Buildah and CRI-O. In some cases these `external` containers might also exist in the same storage. Use the `--storage` option to see these external containers. External containers show the 'storage' status.
+Note: Podman shares containers storage with other tools such as Buildah and CRI-O. In some cases these `external` containers might also exist in the same storage. Use the `--external` option to see these external containers. External containers show the 'storage' status.
-**--pod**, **-p**
-
-Display the pods the containers are associated with
-
-**--storage**
+**--external**
Display external containers that are not controlled by Podman but are stored in containers storage. These external containers are generally created via other container technology such as Buildah or CRI-O and may depend on the same container images that Podman is also using. External containers are denoted with either a 'buildah' or 'storage' in the COMMAND and STATUS column of the ps output. Only used with the --all option.
-**--no-trunc**
+**--filter**, **-f**
-Display the extended information
+Filter what containers are shown in the output.
+Multiple filters can be given with multiple uses of the --filter flag.
+If multiple filters are given, only containers which match all of the given filters will be shown.
+Results will be drawn from all containers, regardless of whether --all was given.
-**--quiet**, **-q**
+Valid filters are listed below:
-Print the numeric IDs of the containers only
+| **Filter** | **Description** |
+| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| id | [ID] Container's ID |
+| name | [Name] Container's name |
+| label | [Key] or [Key=Value] Label assigned to a container |
+| exited | [Int] Container's exit code |
+| status | [Status] Container's status: 'created', 'exited', 'paused', 'running', 'unknown' |
+| ancestor | [ImageName] Image or descendant used to create container |
+| before | [ID] or [Name] Containers created before this container |
+| since | [ID] or [Name] Containers created since this container |
+| volume | [VolumeName] or [MountpointDestination] Volume mounted in container |
+| health | [Status] healthy or unhealthy |
**--format**=*format*
@@ -74,15 +84,9 @@ Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:
| .Labels | All the labels assigned to the container |
| .Mounts | Volumes mounted in the container |
-**--sort**
-
-Sort by command, created, id, image, names, runningfor, size, or status",
-Note: Choosing size will sort by size of rootFs, not alphabetically like the rest of the options
-Default: created
-
-**--size**, **-s**
+**--help**, **-h**
-Display the total file size
+Print usage statement
**--last**, **-n**
@@ -98,31 +102,27 @@ The latest option is not supported on the remote client.
Display namespace information
-**--filter**, **-f**
+**--no-trunc**
-Filter what containers are shown in the output.
-Multiple filters can be given with multiple uses of the --filter flag.
-If multiple filters are given, only containers which match all of the given filters will be shown.
-Results will be drawn from all containers, regardless of whether --all was given.
+Display the extended information
-Valid filters are listed below:
+**--pod**, **-p**
-| **Filter** | **Description** |
-| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| id | [ID] Container's ID |
-| name | [Name] Container's name |
-| label | [Key] or [Key=Value] Label assigned to a container |
-| exited | [Int] Container's exit code |
-| status | [Status] Container's status: 'created', 'exited', 'paused', 'running', 'unknown' |
-| ancestor | [ImageName] Image or descendant used to create container |
-| before | [ID] or [Name] Containers created before this container |
-| since | [ID] or [Name] Containers created since this container |
-| volume | [VolumeName] or [MountpointDestination] Volume mounted in container |
-| health | [Status] healthy or unhealthy |
+Display the pods the containers are associated with
-**--help**, **-h**
+**--quiet**, **-q**
-Print usage statement
+Print the numeric IDs of the containers only
+
+**--sort**
+
+Sort by command, created, id, image, names, runningfor, size, or status",
+Note: Choosing size will sort by size of rootFs, not alphabetically like the rest of the options
+Default: created
+
+**--size**, **-s**
+
+Display the total file size
**--sync**
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS
```
```
-$ podman ps --storage -a
+$ podman ps --external -a
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
69ed779d8ef9f redis:alpine "redis-server" 25 hours ago Created 6379/tcp k8s_container1_podsandbox1_redhat.test.crio_redhat-test-crio_1
38a8a78596f9 docker.io/library/busybox:latest buildah 2 hours ago storage busybox-working-container