diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cluster.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cluster.erl
index 9538ba17e..423442569 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cluster.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cluster.erl
@@ -196,4 +196,4 @@ is_succeed_result(Result) ->
     end.
 
 format_error_reason(Term) ->
-    iolist_to_binary(io_lib:format("~p", [Msg])).
+    iolist_to_binary(io_lib:format("~p", [Term])).
diff --git a/changes/ce/feat-12267.en.md b/changes/ce/feat-12267.en.md
index 70d3aec22..fbc88847c 100644
--- a/changes/ce/feat-12267.en.md
+++ b/changes/ce/feat-12267.en.md
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 Add a new `timeout` parameter to the `cluster/:node/invite` interface.
 Previously the default timeout was 5s which would often be caused by HTTP API calls due to emqx taking too long to join cluster.
+
+Add a new endpoint `/cluster/:node/invite_async` to support an asynchronous way to invite nodes to join the cluster.