diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/addkit.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/addkit.1.pod
index 7d536288a..5830b4d71 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/addkit.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/addkit.1.pod
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ B<addkit> - Install a kit on the xCAT management node
 
 B<addkit> [-h|--help]
 
+B<addkit> [-i|--inspection] <kitlist>
+
 B<addkit> [-V|--verbose] [-p|--path <path>] <kitlist>
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@ B<-V|--verbose>
 
 Verbose mode.
 
+B<-i|--inspection>
+
+Show the summary of the given kits
+
 B<-p|--path <path>>
 
 The destination directory to which the contents of the kit tarfiles and/or kit deploy dirs will be copied.  When this option is not specified, the default destination directory will be formed from the installdir site attribute with ./kits subdirectory.
@@ -62,6 +68,16 @@ Output is similar to:
 
 Kit /kit/kit-test1.tar.bz2 was successfully added.
 
+4. To read the general infomration of the kit, without adding the kits to xCAT DB
+
+addkit -i kit-test1.tar.bz2
+
+Output is similar to:
+
+kitname=xlc-12.1.0.0-Linux
+description=XLC12 for Linux
+version=12.1.0.0
+ostype=Linux
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO