diff --git a/apps/emqx/include/emqx_mqtt.hrl b/apps/emqx/include/emqx_mqtt.hrl
index 63e2799fd..09f7495ea 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/include/emqx_mqtt.hrl
+++ b/apps/emqx/include/emqx_mqtt.hrl
@@ -673,7 +673,6 @@ end).
 
 -define(SHARE, "$share").
 -define(QUEUE, "$queue").
--define(SHARE(Group, Topic), emqx_topic:join([<<?SHARE>>, Group, Topic])).
 
 -define(REDISPATCH_TO(GROUP, TOPIC), {GROUP, TOPIC}).
 
diff --git a/apps/emqx/test/emqx_shared_sub_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx/test/emqx_shared_sub_SUITE.erl
index df713ac74..040b3d295 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/test/emqx_shared_sub_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/test/emqx_shared_sub_SUITE.erl
@@ -1004,9 +1004,9 @@ t_different_groups_same_topic(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     GroupB = <<"bb">>,
     Topic = <<"t/1">>,
 
-    SharedTopicGroupA = ?SHARE(GroupA, Topic),
+    SharedTopicGroupA = format_share(GroupA, Topic),
     ?UPDATE_SUB_QOS(C, SharedTopicGroupA, ?QOS_2),
-    SharedTopicGroupB = ?SHARE(GroupB, Topic),
+    SharedTopicGroupB = format_share(GroupB, Topic),
     ?UPDATE_SUB_QOS(C, SharedTopicGroupB, ?QOS_2),
 
     ?retry(
@@ -1050,11 +1050,11 @@ t_different_groups_update_subopts(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     Topic = <<"t/1">>,
     GroupA = <<"aa">>,
     GroupB = <<"bb">>,
-    SharedTopicGroupA = ?SHARE(GroupA, Topic),
-    SharedTopicGroupB = ?SHARE(GroupB, Topic),
+    SharedTopicGroupA = format_share(GroupA, Topic),
+    SharedTopicGroupB = format_share(GroupB, Topic),
 
     Fun = fun(Group, QoS) ->
-        ?UPDATE_SUB_QOS(C, ?SHARE(Group, Topic), QoS),
+        ?UPDATE_SUB_QOS(C, format_share(Group, Topic), QoS),
         ?assertMatch(
             #{qos := QoS},
             emqx_broker:get_subopts(ClientId, emqx_topic:make_shared_record(Group, Topic))
@@ -1153,6 +1153,9 @@ t_queue_subscription(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
 %% help functions
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+format_share(Group, Topic) ->
+    emqx_topic:maybe_format_share(emqx_topic:make_shared_record(Group, Topic)).
+
 kill_process(Pid) ->
     kill_process(Pid, fun(_) -> erlang:exit(Pid, kill) end).
 
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_topics.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_topics.erl
index 1cb12f8f3..ff935ce10 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_topics.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_topics.erl
@@ -225,7 +225,10 @@ format_response_meta(Meta, _Query, #{hasnext := HasNext}) ->
     Meta#{hasnext => HasNext}.
 
 format(#route{topic = Topic, dest = {Group, Node}}) ->
-    #{topic => ?SHARE(Group, Topic), node => Node};
+    #{
+        topic => emqx_topic:maybe_format_share(emqx_topic:make_shared_record(Group, Topic)),
+        node => Node
+    };
 format(#route{topic = Topic, dest = Node}) when is_atom(Node) ->
     #{topic => Topic, node => Node};
 format(#route{topic = Topic, dest = SessionId}) when is_binary(SessionId) ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/test/emqx_mgmt_api_topics_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_management/test/emqx_mgmt_api_topics_SUITE.erl
index 55113c9e2..a8f912802 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/test/emqx_mgmt_api_topics_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/test/emqx_mgmt_api_topics_SUITE.erl
@@ -187,6 +187,30 @@ t_shared_topics(_Configs) ->
 
     ok = emqtt:stop(Client).
 
+t_queue_topics(_Configs) ->
+    Node = atom_to_binary(node(), utf8),
+    RealTopic = <<"t/+">>,
+    Topic = <<"$queue/", RealTopic/binary>>,
+
+    Client = client(?FUNCTION_NAME),
+    {ok, _, _} = emqtt:subscribe(Client, Topic),
+    {ok, _, _} = emqtt:subscribe(Client, RealTopic),
+
+    %% exact match with shared topic
+    MatchData = request_json(get, ["topics"], [
+        {"topic", Topic},
+        {"node", atom_to_list(node())}
+    ]),
+    ?assertMatch(
+        #{
+            <<"data">> := [#{<<"topic">> := Topic, <<"node">> := Node}],
+            <<"meta">> := #{<<"page">> := 1, <<"limit">> := 100, <<"count">> := 1}
+        },
+        MatchData
+    ),
+
+    ok = emqtt:stop(Client).
+
 t_shared_topics_invalid(_Config) ->
     %% no real topic
     InvalidShareTopicFilter = <<"$share/group">>,