diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fcc727a931a..f41b7963e7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ docker:yourrepo/yourimage:tag          use images from the Docker daemon
 docker-archive:path/to/yourimage.tar   use a tarball from disk for archives created from "docker save"
 oci-archive:path/to/yourimage.tar      use a tarball from disk for OCI archives (from Skopeo or otherwise)
 oci-dir:path/to/yourimage              read directly from a path on disk for OCI layout directories (from Skopeo or otherwise)
+singularity:path/to/yourimage.sif      read directly from a Singularity Image Format (SIF) container on disk
 dir:path/to/yourproject                read directly from a path on disk (any directory)
 sbom:path/to/syft.json                 read Syft JSON from path on disk
 registry:yourrepo/yourimage:tag        pull image directly from a registry (no container runtime required)
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 4a6f88d44f6..2ba228a9cb7 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ You can also explicitly specify the scheme to use:
     {{.appName}} docker-archive:path/to/yourimage.tar   use a tarball from disk for archives created from "docker save"
     {{.appName}} oci-archive:path/to/yourimage.tar      use a tarball from disk for OCI archives (from Podman or otherwise)
     {{.appName}} oci-dir:path/to/yourimage              read directly from a path on disk for OCI layout directories (from Skopeo or otherwise)
+    {{.appName}} singularity:path/to/yourimage.sif      read directly from a Singularity Image Format (SIF) container on disk
     {{.appName}} dir:path/to/yourproject                read directly from a path on disk (any directory)
     {{.appName}} sbom:path/to/syft.json                 read Syft JSON from path on disk
     {{.appName}} registry:yourrepo/yourimage:tag        pull image directly from a registry (no container runtime required)