diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/options/mount.md b/docs/source/markdown/options/mount.md
index 39dafa9304..0d298c61b4 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/options/mount.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/options/mount.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Options common to all mount types:
 - *src*, *source*: mount source spec for **bind**, **glob**, and **volume**.
   Mandatory for **artifact**, **bind**, **glob**, **image** and **volume**.
 
-- *dst*, *destination*, *target*: mount destination spec.
+- *dst*, *dest*, *destination*, *target*: mount destination spec.
 
 When source globs are specified without the destination directory,
 the files and directories are mounted with their complete path
diff --git a/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go b/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go
index 7fa497c75b..02a7627a36 100644
--- a/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ func parseMountOptions(mountType string, args []string) (*universalMount, error)
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", name, errOptionArg)
 			}
 			mnt.subPath = value
-		case "target", "dst", "destination":
+		case "target", "dst", "dest", "destination":
 			if mnt.mount.Destination != "" {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot pass %q option more than once: %w", name, errOptionArg)
 			}
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ func getDevptsMount(args []string) (spec.Mount, error) {
 		switch name {
 		case "uid", "gid", "mode", "ptmxmode", "newinstance", "max":
 			newMount.Options = append(newMount.Options, arg)
-		case "target", "dst", "destination":
+		case "target", "dst", "dest", "destination":
 			if !hasValue {
 				return newMount, fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", name, errOptionArg)
 			}
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ func getImageVolume(args []string) (*specgen.ImageVolume, error) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", name, errOptionArg)
 			}
 			newVolume.Source = value
-		case "target", "dst", "destination":
+		case "target", "dst", "dest", "destination":
 			if !hasValue {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", name, errOptionArg)
 			}
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ func getArtifactVolume(args []string) (*specgen.ArtifactVolume, error) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", name, errOptionArg)
 			}
 			newVolume.Source = value
-		case "target", "dst", "destination":
+		case "target", "dst", "dest", "destination":
 			if !hasValue {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", name, errOptionArg)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/specgenutilexternal/mount.go b/pkg/specgenutilexternal/mount.go
index 2671817e1f..eb48ab7fb9 100644
--- a/pkg/specgenutilexternal/mount.go
+++ b/pkg/specgenutilexternal/mount.go
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-var (
-	errInvalidSyntax = errors.New("incorrect mount format: should be --mount type=<bind|glob|tmpfs|volume>,[src=<host-dir|volume-name>,]target=<ctr-dir>[,options]")
-)
-
 // FindMountType parses the input and extracts the type of the mount type and
 // the remaining non-type tokens.
 func FindMountType(input string) (mountType string, tokens []string, err error) {
@@ -22,7 +18,7 @@ func FindMountType(input string) (mountType string, tokens []string, err error)
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
 	if len(records) != 1 {
-		return "", nil, errInvalidSyntax
+		return "", nil, errors.New("incorrect mount format: should be --mount type=<bind|glob|tmpfs|volume>,[src=<host-dir|volume-name>,]target=<ctr-dir>[,options]")
 	}
 	for _, s := range records[0] {
 		kv := strings.Split(s, "=")
@@ -34,7 +30,7 @@ func FindMountType(input string) (mountType string, tokens []string, err error)
 		found = true
 	}
 	if !found {
-		err = errInvalidSyntax
+		mountType = "volume"
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_volume_test.go b/test/e2e/run_volume_test.go
index 7742e655ba..ae4625055c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_volume_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_volume_test.go
@@ -1122,4 +1122,13 @@ RUN chmod 755 /test1 /test2 /test3`, ALPINE)
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session).Should(ExitCleanly())
 	})
+
+	It("--mount flag defaults to volume if no type given", func() {
+		volName := "testvol"
+		podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("volume", "create", volName)
+
+		podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("run", "--rm", "--mount", fmt.Sprintf("src=%s,dest=/mnt", volName), ALPINE, "touch", "/mnt/testfile")
+		outTest := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("run", "--rm", "--mount", fmt.Sprintf("type=volume,src=%s,dest=/mnt", volName), ALPINE, "ls", "/mnt")
+		Expect(outTest.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring("testfile"))
+	})
 })