diff --git a/plugins/modules/podman_image.py b/plugins/modules/podman_image.py
index 53b3ad3..96b98c3 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/podman_image.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/podman_image.py
@@ -542,7 +542,11 @@ class PodmanImageManager(object):
 
         rc, out, err = self._run(args, ignore_errors=True)
         if rc != 0:
-            self.module.fail_json(msg='Failed to pull image {image_name}'.format(image_name=image_name))
+            if not self.pull:
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Failed to find image {image_name} locally, image pull set to {pull_bool}'.format(
+                    pull_bool=self.pull, image_name=image_name))
+            else:
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Failed to pull image {image_name}'.format(image_name=image_name))
         return self.inspect_image(out.strip())
 
     def build_image(self):
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/podman_image/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/podman_image/tasks/main.yml
index c5023f7..a19fc4c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/podman_image/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/podman_image/tasks/main.yml
@@ -179,6 +179,22 @@
           - docker_build2 is not changed
           - "'localhost/dockerimage:latest' in dockerimage_info.images[0]['RepoTags'][0]"
 
+    - name: push image that doesn't exit to nowhere
+      containers.podman.podman_image:
+        name: bad_image
+        pull: false
+        push: yes
+      register: bad_push
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: Ensure that Image failed correctly.
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - "bad_push is failed"
+          - "bad_push is not changed"
+          - "'Failed to find image bad_image' in bad_push.msg"
+          - "'image pull set to False' in bad_push.msg"
+
   always:
     - name: Cleanup images
       containers.podman.podman_image: