diff --git a/cmd/podman/artifact/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/artifact/inspect.go
index a252e71f65..45452213c6 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/artifact/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/artifact/inspect.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package artifact
 
 import (
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/cmd/podman/common"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/cmd/podman/inspect"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/cmd/podman/registry"
-	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/cmd/podman/utils"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/domain/entities"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ var (
 		Use:               "inspect [ARTIFACT...]",
 		Short:             "Inspect an OCI artifact",
 		Long:              "Provide details on an OCI artifact",
-		RunE:              inspect,
+		RunE:              artifactInspect,
 		Args:              cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
 		ValidArgsFunction: common.AutocompleteArtifacts,
 		Example:           `podman artifact inspect quay.io/myimage/myartifact:latest`,
 	}
+	inspectOpts *entities.InspectOptions
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -26,10 +27,11 @@ func init() {
 		Parent:  artifactCmd,
 	})
 
-	// TODO When things firm up on inspect looks, we can do a format implementation
-	// flags := inspectCmd.Flags()
-	// formatFlagName := "format"
-	// flags.StringVar(&inspectFlag.format, formatFlagName, "", "Format volume output using JSON or a Go template")
+	inspectOpts = new(entities.InspectOptions)
+
+	flags := inspectCmd.Flags()
+	formatFlagName := "format"
+	flags.StringVarP(&inspectOpts.Format, formatFlagName, "f", "json", "Format volume output using JSON or a Go template")
 
 	// This is something we wanted to do but did not seem important enough for initial PR
 	// remoteFlagName := "remote"
@@ -37,14 +39,10 @@ func init() {
 
 	// TODO When the inspect structure has been defined, we need to uncomment and redirect this.  Reminder, this
 	// will also need to be reflected in the podman-artifact-inspect man page
-	// _ = inspectCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(formatFlagName, common.AutocompleteFormat(&machine.InspectInfo{}))
+	_ = inspectCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(formatFlagName, common.AutocompleteFormat(&entities.ArtifactInspectReport{}))
 }
 
-func inspect(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	artifactOptions := entities.ArtifactInspectOptions{}
-	inspectData, err := registry.ImageEngine().ArtifactInspect(registry.Context(), args[0], artifactOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return utils.PrintGenericJSON(inspectData)
+func artifactInspect(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	inspectOpts.Type = common.ArtifactType
+	return inspect.Inspect(args, *inspectOpts)
 }
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-inspect.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-inspect.1.md
index 5d4cf47f8d..815a101156 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-inspect.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-inspect.1.md
@@ -20,15 +20,60 @@ annotation using RFC3339Nano format, showing when the artifact was initially cre
 
 ## OPTIONS
 
-#### **--help**
+#### **--format**, **-f**=*format*
 
-Print usage statement.
+Format the output using the given Go template.
+The keys of the returned JSON can be used as the values for the --format flag (see examples below).
+
+Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:
+
+| **Placeholder**          | **Description**                                    |
+| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- |
+| .Artifact ...            | Artifact details (nested struct)                   |
+| .Digest                  | Artifact digest (sha256:+64-char hash)             |
+| .Manifest ...            | Artifact manifest details (struct)                 |
+| .Name                    | Artifact name (string)                             |
+| .TotalSizeBytes          | Total Size of the artifact in bytes                |
 
 ## EXAMPLES
 
 Inspect an OCI image in the local store.
-```
+
+```shell
 $ podman artifact inspect quay.io/myartifact/myml:latest
+[
+     {
+          "Manifest": {
+               "schemaVersion": 2,
+               "mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json",
+               "config": {
+                    "mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.empty.v1+json",
+                    "digest": "sha256:44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a",
+                    "size": 2,
+                    "data": "e30="
+               },
+               "layers": [
+                    {
+                         "mediaType": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
+                         "digest": "sha256:f2ca1bb6c7e907d06dafe4687e579fce76b37e4e93b7605022da52e6ccc26fd2",
+                         "size": 5,
+                         "annotations": {
+                              "org.opencontainers.image.title": "foobar.txt"
+                         }
+                    }
+               ]
+          },
+          "Name": "quay.io/myartifact/mytxt:latest",
+          "Digest": "sha256:6c28fa07a5b0a1cee29862c1f6ea38a66df982495b14da2c052427eb628ed8c6"
+     }
+]
+```
+
+Inspect artifact digest for the specified artifact:
+
+```shell
+$ podman artifact inspect quay.io/myartifact/mytxt:latest --format {{.Digest}}
+sha256:6c28fa07a5b0a1cee29862c1f6ea38a66df982495b14da2c052427eb628ed8c6
 ```
 
 ## SEE ALSO