diff --git a/cmd/podman/manifest/push.go b/cmd/podman/manifest/push.go
index 2b4c570a5c..84178358a0 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/manifest/push.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/manifest/push.go
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ func init() {
 	flags := pushCmd.Flags()
 	flags.BoolVar(&manifestPushOpts.Rm, "rm", false, "remove the manifest list if push succeeds")
 	flags.BoolVar(&manifestPushOpts.All, "all", true, "also push the images in the list")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&manifestPushOpts.Rm, "purge", "p", false, "remove the local manifest list after push")
+	_ = flags.MarkHidden("purge")
 
 	authfileFlagName := "authfile"
 	flags.StringVar(&manifestPushOpts.Authfile, authfileFlagName, auth.GetDefaultAuthFile(), "path of the authentication file. Use REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE environment variable to override")
diff --git a/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go b/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go
index f6ea5110ef..a1ddff4e5b 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/utils/alias.go
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ func AliasFlags(f *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
 		name = "ns"
 	case "storage":
 		name = "external"
-	case "purge":
-		name = "rm"
 	case "notruncate":
 		name = "no-trunc"
 	case "override-arch":
diff --git a/test/e2e/manifest_test.go b/test/e2e/manifest_test.go
index b0a5e7d033..fd2c5c4a10 100644
--- a/test/e2e/manifest_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/manifest_test.go
@@ -464,6 +464,10 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman manifest", func() {
 		session = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"manifest", "push", "--purge", "foo", "dir:" + dest})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session).Should(Exit(0))
+		session = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"manifest", "push", "-p", "foo", "dir:" + dest})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session).Should(Exit(125))
+		Expect(session.ErrorToString()).To(ContainSubstring("retrieving local image from image name foo: foo: image not known"))
 		session = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"images", "-q", "foo"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session).Should(Exit(0))