diff --git a/common/docs/containers.conf.5.md b/common/docs/containers.conf.5.md
index 7b2051b9c0..5ab198007b 100644
--- a/common/docs/containers.conf.5.md
+++ b/common/docs/containers.conf.5.md
@@ -310,6 +310,16 @@ pod consumes one lock.  The default number available is 2048.  If this is
 changed, a lock renumbering must be performed, using the
 `podman system renumber` command.
 
+**remote_uri**=""
+  URI to access the Podman service.
+
+    Example URIs:
+
+- **rootless local**  - unix://run/user/$UID/podman/podman.sock
+- **rootless remote** - ssh://engineering.lab.company.com/run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock
+- **rootfull local**  - unix://run/podman/podman.sock
+- **rootfull remote** - ssh://root@10.10.1.136:22/run/podman/podman.sock
+
 **pull_policy**="always"|"missing"|"never"
 Pull image before running or creating a container. The default is **missing**.
 
diff --git a/common/pkg/config/containers.conf b/common/pkg/config/containers.conf
index 389479fa58..3c00048d1e 100644
--- a/common/pkg/config/containers.conf
+++ b/common/pkg/config/containers.conf
@@ -329,6 +329,14 @@
 # Whether to pull new image before running a container
 # pull_policy = "missing"
 
+# Default Remote URI to access the Podman service.
+# Examples:
+#  rootless "unix://run/user/$UID/podman/podman.sock" (Default)
+#  rootfull "unix://run/podman/podman.sock.(Default)
+#  remote rootless ssh://engineering.lab.company.com/run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock
+#  remote rootfull ssh://root@10.10.1.136:22/run/podman/podman.sock
+# remote_uri= ""
+
 # Directory for persistent engine files (database, etc)
 # By default, this will be configured relative to where the containers/storage
 # stores containers