diff --git a/contrib/nydusify/cmd/nydusify.go b/contrib/nydusify/cmd/nydusify.go
index 6c6a8df7027..fa11daf0c3f 100644
--- a/contrib/nydusify/cmd/nydusify.go
+++ b/contrib/nydusify/cmd/nydusify.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func main() {
 				&cli.BoolFlag{Name: "prefetch-patterns", Value: false, Usage: "Prefetched file path patterns from STDIN, specify absolute/relative path of rootfs line by line", EnvVars: []string{"PREFETCH_PATTERNS"}},
 				&cli.StringFlag{Name: "nydus-image", Value: "nydus-image", Usage: "The nydus-image binary path, if unset, search in PATH environment", EnvVars: []string{"NYDUS_IMAGE"}},
 				&cli.BoolFlag{Name: "multi-platform", Value: false, Usage: "Merge OCI & Nydus manifest to manifest index for target image, please ensure that OCI manifest already exists in target image", EnvVars: []string{"MULTI_PLATFORM"}},
-				&cli.StringFlag{Name: "platform", Value: "linux/" + runtime.GOARCH, Usage: "Let nydusify choose image of specified platform from manifest index. Possible value is `amd64` or `arm64`"},
+				&cli.StringFlag{Name: "platform", Value: "linux/" + runtime.GOARCH, Usage: "Let nydusify choose image of specified platform from manifest index. Possible value is `linux/amd64` or `linux/arm64`"},
 				&cli.BoolFlag{Name: "docker-v2-format", Value: false, Usage: "Use docker image manifest v2, schema 2 format", EnvVars: []string{"DOCKER_V2_FORMAT"}},
 				&cli.StringFlag{Name: "backend-type", Value: "registry", Usage: "Specify Nydus blob storage backend type", EnvVars: []string{"BACKEND_TYPE"}},
 				&cli.StringFlag{Name: "backend-config", Value: "", Usage: "Specify Nydus blob storage backend in JSON config string", EnvVars: []string{"BACKEND_CONFIG"}},
diff --git a/contrib/nydusify/pkg/parser/parser.go b/contrib/nydusify/pkg/parser/parser.go
index 535e83c7605..b3307a2b67e 100644
--- a/contrib/nydusify/pkg/parser/parser.go
+++ b/contrib/nydusify/pkg/parser/parser.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (parser *Parser) pullIndex(ctx context.Context, desc *ocispec.Descriptor) (
 }
 
 func (parser *Parser) parseImage(
-	ctx context.Context, desc *ocispec.Descriptor, onlyManifest *ocispec.Manifest,
+	ctx context.Context, desc *ocispec.Descriptor, onlyManifest *ocispec.Manifest, ignoreArch bool,
 ) (*Image, error) {
 	var manifest *ocispec.Manifest
 	var err error
@@ -136,12 +136,22 @@ func (parser *Parser) parseImage(
 	}
 
 	if config.OS == "" || config.Architecture == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("Source image configuration does not have os or architecture")
+		err = errors.New("Source image configuration does not have os or architecture")
+		if ignoreArch {
+			logrus.WithError(err).Warn(err)
+		} else {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Just give user a simple hint telling option was ignored.
 	if config.Architecture != parser.interestedArch {
-		return nil, errors.Errorf("Specified %s architecture was not found", parser.interestedArch)
+		err = errors.Errorf("Specified %s architecture was not found", parser.interestedArch)
+		if ignoreArch {
+			logrus.WithError(err).Warn(err)
+		} else {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return &Image{
@@ -185,6 +195,7 @@ func (parser *Parser) Parse(ctx context.Context) (*Parsed, error) {
 	var ociDesc *ocispec.Descriptor
 	var nydusDesc *ocispec.Descriptor
 	var onlyManifest *ocispec.Manifest
+	var ignoreArch bool
 
 	switch imageDesc.MediaType {
 	// Handle image manifest
@@ -202,6 +213,7 @@ func (parser *Parser) Parse(ctx context.Context) (*Parsed, error) {
 		} else {
 			ociDesc = imageDesc
 		}
+		ignoreArch = true
 
 	// Handle image manifest index
 	case ocispec.MediaTypeImageIndex, images.MediaTypeDockerSchema2ManifestList:
@@ -232,16 +244,16 @@ func (parser *Parser) Parse(ctx context.Context) (*Parsed, error) {
 	}
 
 	if ociDesc != nil {
-		parsed.OCIImage, err = parser.parseImage(ctx, ociDesc, onlyManifest)
+		parsed.OCIImage, err = parser.parseImage(ctx, ociDesc, onlyManifest, ignoreArch)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "parse OCI image")
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Parse OCI image")
 		}
 	}
 
 	if nydusDesc != nil {
-		parsed.NydusImage, err = parser.parseImage(ctx, nydusDesc, onlyManifest)
+		parsed.NydusImage, err = parser.parseImage(ctx, nydusDesc, onlyManifest, ignoreArch)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "parse Nydus image")
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Parse Nydus image")
 		}
 	}