diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_route.c b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
index d726edcc9f..f30b31cdd9 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_route.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
@@ -9046,6 +9046,9 @@ static void route_vty_short_status_out(struct vty *vty,
 		vty_out(vty, "i");
 	else
 		vty_out(vty, " ");
+
+	/* adding space between next column */
+	vty_out(vty, " ");
 }
 
 static char *bgp_nexthop_hostname(struct peer *peer,
diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_route.h b/bgpd/bgp_route.h
index 2d82f0f206..9be3f063f3 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_route.h
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_route.h
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ enum bgp_show_adj_route_type {
 #define BGP_SHOW_NCODE_HEADER "Nexthop codes: @NNN nexthop's vrf id, < announce-nh-self\n"
 #define BGP_SHOW_RPKI_HEADER                                                   \
 	"RPKI validation codes: V valid, I invalid, N Not found\n\n"
-#define BGP_SHOW_HEADER "    Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path\n"
-#define BGP_SHOW_HEADER_WIDE "    Network                                      Next Hop                                  Metric LocPrf Weight Path\n"
+#define BGP_SHOW_HEADER "     Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path\n"
+#define BGP_SHOW_HEADER_WIDE "     Network                                      Next Hop                                  Metric LocPrf Weight Path\n"
 
 /* Maximum number of labels we can process or send with a prefix. We
  * really do only 1 for MPLS (BGP-LU) but we can do 2 for EVPN-VxLAN.