diff --git a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/convert.go b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/convert.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b34ff383e..000000000
--- a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/convert.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright The ORAS Authors.
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package status
-
-import (
-	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
-	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
-)
-
-// ShortDigest converts the digest of the descriptor to a short form for displaying.
-func ShortDigest(desc ocispec.Descriptor) (digestString string) {
-	digestString = desc.Digest.String()
-	if err := desc.Digest.Validate(); err == nil {
-		if algo := desc.Digest.Algorithm(); algo == digest.SHA256 {
-			digestString = desc.Digest.Encoded()[:12]
-		}
-	}
-	return digestString
-}
diff --git a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/print.go b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/print.go
index ac55e9fa6..b2094964a 100644
--- a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/print.go
+++ b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/print.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"oras.land/oras/internal/descriptor"
 	"sync"
 
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func (p *Printer) PrintStatus(desc ocispec.Descriptor, status string, verbose bo
 		}
 		name = desc.MediaType
 	}
-	return p.Println(status, ShortDigest(desc), name)
+	return p.Println(status, descriptor.ShortDigest(desc), name)
 }
 
 // StatusPrinter returns a tracking function for transfer status.
diff --git a/internal/descriptor/descriptor.go b/internal/descriptor/descriptor.go
index 6e9aaa674..3bcf28cb9 100644
--- a/internal/descriptor/descriptor.go
+++ b/internal/descriptor/descriptor.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package descriptor
 
 import (
+	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 
 	"oras.land/oras/internal/docker"
@@ -25,3 +26,14 @@ import (
 func IsImageManifest(desc ocispec.Descriptor) bool {
 	return desc.MediaType == docker.MediaTypeManifest || desc.MediaType == ocispec.MediaTypeImageManifest
 }
+
+// ShortDigest converts the digest of the descriptor to a short form for displaying.
+func ShortDigest(desc ocispec.Descriptor) (digestString string) {
+	digestString = desc.Digest.String()
+	if err := desc.Digest.Validate(); err == nil {
+		if algo := desc.Digest.Algorithm(); algo == digest.SHA256 {
+			digestString = desc.Digest.Encoded()[:12]
+		}
+	}
+	return digestString
+}