diff --git a/lib-opensource/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl b/lib-opensource/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
index 6a0a1bd5a..e3f98b4e4 100644
--- a/lib-opensource/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
+++ b/lib-opensource/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
@@ -510,21 +510,23 @@ trace_off(Who, Name) ->
 
 listeners([]) ->
     foreach(fun({{Protocol, ListenOn}, _Pid}) ->
-                Info = [{identifier,     {string, emqx_listeners:find_id_by_listen_on(ListenOn)}},
+                Info = [{listen_on,      {string, emqx_listeners:format_listen_on(ListenOn)}},
                         {acceptors,      esockd:get_acceptors({Protocol, ListenOn})},
                         {max_conns,      esockd:get_max_connections({Protocol, ListenOn})},
                         {current_conn,   esockd:get_current_connections({Protocol, ListenOn})},
                         {shutdown_count, esockd:get_shutdown_count({Protocol, ListenOn})}
                        ],
-                    emqx_ctl:print("listener on ~s:~s~n", [Protocol, esockd:to_string(ListenOn)]),
+                    emqx_ctl:print("~s~n", [listener_identifier(Protocol, ListenOn)]),
                 foreach(fun indent_print/1, Info)
             end, esockd:listeners()),
     foreach(fun({Protocol, Opts}) ->
-                Info = [{acceptors,      maps:get(num_acceptors, proplists:get_value(transport_options, Opts, #{}), 0)},
+                Port = proplists:get_value(port, Opts),
+                Info = [{listen_on,      {string, emqx_listeners:format_listen_on(Port)}},
+                        {acceptors,      maps:get(num_acceptors, proplists:get_value(transport_options, Opts, #{}), 0)},
                         {max_conns,      proplists:get_value(max_connections, Opts)},
                         {current_conn,   proplists:get_value(all_connections, Opts)},
                         {shutdown_count, []}],
-                    emqx_ctl:print("listener on ~s:~p~n", [Protocol, proplists:get_value(port, Opts)]),
+                    emqx_ctl:print("~s~n", [listener_identifier(Protocol, Port)]),
                 foreach(fun indent_print/1, Info)
             end, ranch:info());
 
@@ -724,3 +726,11 @@ indent_print({Key, {string, Val}}) ->
     emqx_ctl:print("  ~-16s: ~s~n", [Key, Val]);
 indent_print({Key, Val}) ->
     emqx_ctl:print("  ~-16s: ~w~n", [Key, Val]).
+
+listener_identifier(Protocol, ListenOn) ->
+    case emqx_listeners:find_id_by_listen_on(ListenOn) of
+        false ->
+            "http" ++ _ = atom_to_list(Protocol); %% assert
+        ID ->
+            ID
+    end.
diff --git a/src/emqx_listeners.erl b/src/emqx_listeners.erl
index c1ccae165..fad205cb1 100644
--- a/src/emqx_listeners.erl
+++ b/src/emqx_listeners.erl
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
 
 %% @doc Find listener identifier by listen-on.
 %% Return empty string (binary) if listener is not found in config.
--spec(find_id_by_listen_on(esockd:listen_on()) -> binary()).
+-spec(find_id_by_listen_on(esockd:listen_on()) -> binary() | false).
 find_id_by_listen_on(ListenOn) ->
     case find_by_listen_on(ListenOn) of
-        false -> <<>>;
+        false -> false;
         L -> identifier(L)
     end.
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ identifier(Proto, Name) when is_atom(Proto) ->
 identifier(Proto, Name) ->
     iolist_to_binary(["mqtt", ":", Proto, ":", Name]).
 
-find_by_listen_on(ListenOn, []) -> error({unknown_listener, ListenOn});
+find_by_listen_on(_ListenOn, []) -> false;
 find_by_listen_on(ListenOn, [#{listen_on := ListenOn} = L | _]) -> L;
 find_by_listen_on(ListenOn, [_ | Rest]) -> find_by_listen_on(ListenOn, Rest).