diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_listeners.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_listeners.erl
index 464140dd4..afe3cec5d 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_listeners.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_listeners.erl
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ start_listener(Type, ListenerName, #{bind := Bind} = Conf) ->
             Reason =:= quic_app_missing
         ->
             console_print(
-                "Listener ~ts is NOT started due to: ~p~n.",
+                "Listener ~ts is NOT started due to: ~p.~n",
                 [listener_id(Type, ListenerName), Reason]
             ),
             ok;
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ start_listener(Type, ListenerName, #{bind := Bind} = Conf) ->
             ListenerId = listener_id(Type, ListenerName),
             BindStr = format_addr(Bind),
             ?ELOG(
-                "Failed to start listener ~ts on ~ts: ~0p~n",
+                "Failed to start listener ~ts on ~ts: ~0p.~n",
                 [ListenerId, BindStr, Reason]
             ),
             Msg = lists:flatten(
diff --git a/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard.erl b/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard.erl
index f5c926a16..c13e20b00 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard.erl
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ start_listeners(Listeners) ->
                 Minirest = BaseMinirest#{protocol => Protocol},
                 case minirest:start(Name, RanchOptions, Minirest) of
                     {ok, _} ->
-                        ?ULOG("Start listener ~ts on ~ts successfully.~n", [
+                        ?ULOG("Listener ~ts on ~ts started.~n", [
                             Name, emqx_listeners:format_addr(Bind)
                         ]),
                         Acc;
diff --git a/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_utils.erl b/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_utils.erl
index 2ad5b6df4..4a0fe3695 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_utils.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_utils.erl
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ start_listener(
             {ok, {ListenerId, ListenOn, Pid}};
         {error, Reason} ->
             ?ELOG(
-                "Failed to start gateway ~ts:~ts:~ts on ~ts: ~0p~n",
+                "Gateway failed to start ~ts:~ts:~ts on ~ts: ~0p~n",
                 [GwName, Type, LisName, ListenOnStr, Reason]
             ),
             emqx_gateway_utils:supervisor_ret({error, Reason})