diff --git a/codespell_lib/_codespell.py b/codespell_lib/_codespell.py
index f5070dc2d9..e72b25d81c 100644
--- a/codespell_lib/_codespell.py
+++ b/codespell_lib/_codespell.py
@@ -465,6 +465,13 @@ def parse_options(
         default=False,
         help="print summary of fixes",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-m",
+        "--machine-readable",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Use alternate output format intended for parsing",
+    )
 
     parser.add_argument(
         "--count",
@@ -1018,6 +1025,15 @@ def parse_file(
 
                 if (not context_shown) and (context is not None):
                     print_context(lines, i, context)
+
+                if options.machine_readable:
+                    mrreason = f" ({reason})" if reason else ""
+                    print(
+                        f"@{filename}: line {i + 1}, col {match.start() + 1}, "
+                        f"{word} ==> {fixword}{mrreason}"
+                    )
+                    continue
+
                 if filename != "-":
                     print(
                         f"{cfilename}:{cline}: {cwrongword} "
diff --git a/codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py b/codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py
index 98e5dd41f0..216663a275 100644
--- a/codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import textwrap
 from io import StringIO
 from pathlib import Path
 from shutil import copyfile
@@ -325,6 +326,29 @@ def test_summary(
     assert "abandonned" in stdout.split()[-2]
 
 
+def test_machine_readable(
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+) -> None:
+    """Test machine-readable output format."""
+    fname = tmp_path / "mrfile.txt"
+    fname.write_text(
+        textwrap.dedent("""\
+        abandonned
+        the word is abandonned
+        the word abandonned is wrong
+        """)
+    )
+    result = cs.main(fname, "--machine-readable", std=True)
+    assert isinstance(result, tuple)
+    code, stdout, stderr = result
+    output_lines = [line for line in stdout.split("\n") if line]
+    assert all([outline.startswith("@") for outline in output_lines])
+    assert "line 1, col 1, abandonned ==> abandoned" in output_lines[0]
+    assert "line 2, col 13" in output_lines[1]
+    assert "line 3, col 10" in output_lines[2]
+
+
 def test_ignore_dictionary(
     tmp_path: Path,
     capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 87fa3c4b2e..c2827981e6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -169,6 +169,6 @@ max-complexity = 45
 [tool.ruff.lint.pylint]
 allow-magic-value-types = ["bytes", "int", "str",]
 max-args = 13
-max-branches = 46
+max-branches = 48
 max-returns = 11
-max-statements = 119
+max-statements = 125