diff --git a/cmd/podman/machine/list.go b/cmd/podman/machine/list.go
index bddcf49c2a..4c53d9194f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/machine/list.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/machine/list.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func init() {
 	_ = lsCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(formatFlagName, common.AutocompleteFormat(&entities.ListReporter{}))
 	flags.BoolVarP(&listFlag.noHeading, "noheading", "n", false, "Do not print headers")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&listFlag.quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Show only machine names")
-	flags.BoolVar(&listFlag.allProviders, "all-providers", false, "Show machines from all providers")
+	flags.BoolVar(&listFlag.allProviders, "all-providers", true, "Show machines from all providers")
 }
 
 func list(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-list.1.md.in b/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-list.1.md.in
index 60ebb12294..491ec41fc4 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-list.1.md.in
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-machine-list.1.md.in
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ environment variable while the machines are running can lead to unexpected behav
 
 ## OPTIONS
 
-#### **--all-providers**
+#### **--all-providers**=**true|false**
 
-Show machines from all providers
+Show machines from all providers.
+The default is **true**.
 
 #### **--format**=*format*
 
diff --git a/test/system/015-help.bats b/test/system/015-help.bats
index 75fed8fb56..058498b80a 100644
--- a/test/system/015-help.bats
+++ b/test/system/015-help.bats
@@ -210,7 +210,13 @@ function check_help() {
         is "${lines[0]}" "Manage pods, containers and images" \
            "podman $helpopt: first line of output"
     done
+}
 
+# bats test_tags=ci:parallel
+@test "podman machine list --help tests" {
+    skip_if_remote
+    run_podman machine list --help
+    is "$output" ".*--all-providers   Show machines from all providers (default true)" "All providers default to true"
 }
 
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