diff --git a/cmd/podman/commands.go b/cmd/podman/commands.go
index 310ec8378c9c..fef5f1763e3e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/commands.go
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ func getMainCommands() []*cobra.Command {
 		_createCommand,
 		_diffCommand,
 		_execCommand,
-		generateCommand.Command,
+		_generateCommand,
 		_containerKubeCommand,
+		_playCommand,
 		_psCommand,
 		_loginCommand,
 		_logoutCommand,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/generate.go b/cmd/podman/generate.go
index 66cb7a465dc5..773d625ee0c8 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/generate.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/generate.go
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var generateDescription = "Generate structured data based for a containers and pods"
-var generateCommand = cliconfig.PodmanCommand{
-
-	Command: &cobra.Command{
+var (
+	generateCommand     cliconfig.PodmanCommand
+	generateDescription = "Generate structured data based for a containers and pods"
+	_generateCommand    = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "generate",
 		Short: "Generated structured data",
 		Long:  generateDescription,
-	},
-}
+	}
+)
 
 func init() {
+	generateCommand.Command = _generateCommand
 	generateCommand.AddCommand(getGenerateSubCommands()...)
 	generateCommand.SetUsageTemplate(UsageTemplate())
 }