diff --git a/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdTopics.java b/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdTopics.java
index 7835372a0bcd7..a9aaf304a424d 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdTopics.java
+++ b/pulsar-client-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/admin/cli/CmdTopics.java
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ private class GetMaxProducers extends CliCommand {
         @Override
         void run() throws PulsarAdminException {
             String persistentTopic = validatePersistentTopic(params);
-            admin.topics().getMaxProducers(persistentTopic);
+            print(admin.topics().getMaxProducers(persistentTopic));
         }
     }