diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/container.go b/cli/command/formatter/container.go
index 471ecf3888..01446efea5 100644
--- a/cli/command/formatter/container.go
+++ b/cli/command/formatter/container.go
@@ -170,27 +170,33 @@ func (c *ContainerContext) Image() string {
 	if c.c.Image == "" {
 		return "<no image>"
 	}
-	if c.trunc {
-		if trunc := TruncateID(c.c.ImageID); trunc == TruncateID(c.c.Image) {
-			return trunc
+	if !c.trunc {
+		return c.c.Image
+	}
+	if trunc := TruncateID(c.c.ImageID); trunc == TruncateID(c.c.Image) {
+		return trunc
+	}
+	ref, err := reference.ParseNormalizedNamed(c.c.Image)
+	if err != nil {
+		return c.c.Image
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := ref.(reference.Digested); ok {
+		// strip the digest, but preserve the tag (if any)
+		var tag string
+		if t, ok := ref.(reference.Tagged); ok {
+			tag = t.Tag()
 		}
-		// truncate digest if no-trunc option was not selected
-		ref, err := reference.ParseNormalizedNamed(c.c.Image)
-		if err == nil {
-			if nt, ok := ref.(reference.NamedTagged); ok {
-				// case for when a tag is provided
-				if namedTagged, err := reference.WithTag(reference.TrimNamed(nt), nt.Tag()); err == nil {
-					return reference.FamiliarString(namedTagged)
-				}
-			} else {
-				// case for when a tag is not provided
-				named := reference.TrimNamed(ref)
-				return reference.FamiliarString(named)
+		ref = reference.TrimNamed(ref)
+		if tag != "" {
+			if out, err := reference.WithTag(ref, tag); err == nil {
+				ref = out
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	return c.c.Image
+	// Format as "familiar" name with "docker.io[/library]" trimmed.
+	return reference.FamiliarString(ref)
 }
 
 // Command returns's the container's command. If the trunc option is set, the
diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/container_test.go b/cli/command/formatter/container_test.go
index 96626d29f0..b5a96950c1 100644
--- a/cli/command/formatter/container_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/formatter/container_test.go
@@ -54,14 +54,51 @@ func TestContainerPsContext(t *testing.T) {
 			call:      ctx.Image,
 		},
 		{
-			container: container.Summary{Image: "verylongimagename"},
+			container: container.Summary{Image: "ubuntu:latest"},
 			trunc:     true,
-			expValue:  "verylongimagename",
+			expValue:  "ubuntu:latest",
 			call:      ctx.Image,
 		},
 		{
-			container: container.Summary{Image: "verylongimagename"},
-			expValue:  "verylongimagename",
+			container: container.Summary{Image: "docker.io/library/ubuntu"},
+			trunc:     true,
+			expValue:  "ubuntu",
+			call:      ctx.Image,
+		},
+		{
+			container: container.Summary{Image: "docker.io/library/ubuntu:latest"},
+			trunc:     true,
+			expValue:  "ubuntu:latest",
+			call:      ctx.Image,
+		},
+		{
+			container: container.Summary{Image: "ubuntu:latest@sha256:a5a665ff33eced1e0803148700880edab4269067ed77e27737a708d0d293fbf5"},
+			trunc:     true,
+			expValue:  "ubuntu:latest",
+			call:      ctx.Image,
+		},
+		{
+			container: container.Summary{Image: "ubuntu@sha256:a5a665ff33eced1e0803148700880edab4269067ed77e27737a708d0d293fbf5"},
+			trunc:     true,
+			expValue:  "ubuntu",
+			call:      ctx.Image,
+		},
+		{
+			container: container.Summary{Image: "docker.io/library/ubuntu@sha256:a5a665ff33eced1e0803148700880edab4269067ed77e27737a708d0d293fbf5"},
+			trunc:     true,
+			expValue:  "ubuntu",
+			call:      ctx.Image,
+		},
+		{
+			container: container.Summary{Image: "docker.io/library/ubuntu:latest@sha256:a5a665ff33eced1e0803148700880edab4269067ed77e27737a708d0d293fbf5"},
+			trunc:     true,
+			expValue:  "ubuntu:latest",
+			call:      ctx.Image,
+		},
+		{
+			container: container.Summary{Image: "verylongimagenameverylongimagenameverylongimagenameverylongimagenameverylongimagenameverylongimagenameverylongimagename"},
+			trunc:     true,
+			expValue:  "verylongimagenameverylongimagenameverylongimagenameverylongimagenameverylongimagenameverylongimagenameverylongimagename",
 			call:      ctx.Image,
 		},
 		{