diff --git a/cmd/podman/manifest/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/manifest/inspect.go
index d23e5b3e47..6542e6cafb 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/manifest/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/manifest/inspect.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func init() {
 	})
 	flags := inspectCmd.Flags()
 
-	flags.Bool("verbose", false, "Added for Docker compatibility")
+	flags.BoolP("verbose", "v", false, "Added for Docker compatibility")
 	_ = flags.MarkHidden("verbose")
 	flags.BoolVar(&tlsVerifyCLI, "tls-verify", true, "require HTTPS and verify certificates when accessing the registry")
 	flags.Bool("insecure", false, "Purely for Docker compatibility")
diff --git a/test/system/012-manifest.bats b/test/system/012-manifest.bats
index 49ccd5e344..fcf73721af 100644
--- a/test/system/012-manifest.bats
+++ b/test/system/012-manifest.bats
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ load helpers
     iid=$output
 
     run_podman manifest create test:1.0
-    run_podman manifest inspect --verbose $output
+    mid=$output
+    run_podman manifest inspect --verbose $mid
+    is "$output" ".*\"mediaType\": \"application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json\"" "--insecure is a noop want to make sure manifest inspect is successful"
+    run_podman manifest inspect -v $mid
     is "$output" ".*\"mediaType\": \"application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json\"" "--insecure is a noop want to make sure manifest inspect is successful"
     run_podman images --format '{{.ID}}' --no-trunc
     is "$output" ".*sha256:$iid" "Original image ID still shown in podman-images output"