diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/60381-docker_login-logout-change.yml b/changelogs/fragments/60381-docker_login-logout-change.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2697c57216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/60381-docker_login-logout-change.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "docker_login - report change on successful logout (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59232)"
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker_login.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker_login.py
index 19df546de39..590379a4ba2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker_login.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/docker/docker_login.py
@@ -224,6 +224,15 @@ class LoginManager(DockerBaseClass):
         (rc, out, err) = self.client.module.run_command(cmd)
         if rc != 0:
             self.fail("Could not log out: %s" % err)
+        if b'Not logged in to ' in out:
+            self.results['changed'] = False
+        elif b'Removing login credentials for ' in out:
+            self.results['changed'] = True
+        else:
+            self.client.module.warn('Unable to determine whether logout was successful.')
+
+        # Adding output to actions, so that user can inspect what was actually returned
+        self.results['actions'].append(to_text(out))
 
     def config_file_exists(self, path):
         if os.path.exists(path):