diff --git a/lib-opensource/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl b/lib-opensource/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
index ea5345772..2ec0dce49 100644
--- a/lib-opensource/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
+++ b/lib-opensource/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_cli.erl
@@ -554,12 +554,17 @@ listeners(_) ->
                    ]).
 
 stop_listener(false, Input) ->
-    emqx_ctl:print("No such listener ~p~n", [Input]);
-stop_listener(#{} = Listener, _Input) ->
-    %% Discard reason here, reasons are io:format logged to group leader
-    %% in case of emqx_ctl RPC call, it's logged to the remore node.
-    _ = emqx_listeners:stop_listener(Listener),
-    ok.
+    ok = emqx_ctl:print("No such listener ~p~n", [Input]);
+stop_listener(#{listen_on := ListenOn} = Listener, _Input) ->
+    ID = emqx_listeners:identifier(Listener),
+    ListenOnStr = emqx_listeners:format_listen_on(ListenOn),
+    case emqx_listeners:stop_listener(Listener) of
+        ok ->
+            ok = emqx_ctl:print("Stop ~s listener on ~s successfully.~n", [ID, ListenOnStr]);
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            ok = emqx_ctl:print("Failed to stop ~s listener on ~s - ~p~n.",
+                                [ID, ListenOnStr, Reason])
+    end.
 
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% @doc data Command
diff --git a/src/emqx_listeners.erl b/src/emqx_listeners.erl
index f7912a7fd..5057922f5 100644
--- a/src/emqx_listeners.erl
+++ b/src/emqx_listeners.erl
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 -export([ start_listener/1
         , start_listener/3
         , stop_listener/1
-        , stop_listener/3
         , restart_listener/1
         , restart_listener/3
         ]).
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@
         , find_by_listen_on/1
         , find_by_id/1
         , identifier/1
+        , format_listen_on/1
         ]).
 
 -type(listener() :: #{ name := binary()
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ identifier(#{proto := Proto, name := Name}) ->
 start() ->
     lists:foreach(fun start_listener/1, emqx:get_env(listeners, [])).
 
+%% @doc Format address:port for logging.
+-spec(format_listen_on(esockd:listen_on()) -> binary()).
+format_listen_on(ListenOn) -> format(ListenOn).
+
 -spec(start_listener(listener()) -> ok).
 start_listener(#{proto := Proto, name := Name, listen_on := ListenOn, opts := Options}) ->
     ID = identifier(Proto, Name),
@@ -171,16 +175,8 @@ stop() ->
     lists:foreach(fun stop_listener/1, emqx:get_env(listeners, [])).
 
 -spec(stop_listener(listener()) -> ok | {error, term()}).
-stop_listener(#{proto := Proto, name := Name, listen_on := ListenOn, opts := Opts}) ->
-    ID = identifier(Proto, Name),
-    StopRet = stop_listener(Proto, ListenOn, Opts),
-    case StopRet of
-        ok -> io:format("Stop ~s listener on ~s successfully.~n", [ID, format(ListenOn)]);
-        {error, Reason} ->
-            io:format(standard_error, "Failed to stop mqtt:~s listener on ~s - ~p~n.",
-                      [ID, format(ListenOn), Reason])
-    end,
-    StopRet.
+stop_listener(#{proto := Proto, listen_on := ListenOn, opts := Opts}) ->
+    stop_listener(Proto, ListenOn, Opts).
 
 -spec(stop_listener(esockd:proto(), esockd:listen_on(), [esockd:option()])
       -> ok | {error, term()}).