diff --git a/nest/rt-attr.c b/nest/rt-attr.c
index 049dc72a..ba036cd2 100644
--- a/nest/rt-attr.c
+++ b/nest/rt-attr.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,49 @@ ea_show_lc_set(struct cli *c, const char *name, const struct adata *ad, byte *bu
     }
 }
 
+void
+ea_show_nexthop_list(struct cli *c, struct nexthop_adata *nhad)
+{
+  if (!NEXTHOP_IS_REACHABLE(nhad))
+    return;
+
+  NEXTHOP_WALK(nh, nhad)
+  {
+    char mpls[MPLS_MAX_LABEL_STACK*12 + 5], *lsp = mpls;
+    char *onlink = (nh->flags & RNF_ONLINK) ? " onlink" : "";
+    char weight[16] = "";
+
+    if (nh->labels)
+    {
+      lsp += bsprintf(lsp, " mpls %d", nh->label[0]);
+      for (int i=1;i<nh->labels; i++)
+	lsp += bsprintf(lsp, "/%d", nh->label[i]);
+    }
+    *lsp = '\0';
+
+    if (!NEXTHOP_ONE(nhad))
+      bsprintf(weight, " weight %d", nh->weight + 1);
+
+    if (ipa_nonzero(nh->gw))
+      cli_printf(c, -1007, "\tvia %I on %s%s%s%s",
+	  nh->gw, nh->iface->name, mpls, onlink, weight);
+    else
+      cli_printf(c, -1007, "\tdev %s%s%s",
+	  nh->iface->name, mpls,  onlink, weight);
+  }
+}
+
+void
+ea_show_hostentry(const struct adata *ad, byte *buf, uint size)
+{
+  const struct hostentry_adata *had = (const struct hostentry_adata *) ad;
+
+  if (ipa_nonzero(had->he->link) && !ipa_equal(had->he->link, had->he->addr))
+    bsnprintf(buf, size, "via %I %I table %s", had->he->addr, had->he->link, had->he->tab->name);
+  else
+    bsnprintf(buf, size, "via %I table %s", had->he->addr, had->he->tab->name);
+}
+
 /**
  * ea_show - print an &eattr to CLI
  * @c: destination CLI
@@ -1088,6 +1131,9 @@ ea_show(struct cli *c, const eattr *e)
     switch (e->type)
       {
 	case T_INT:
+	  if ((cls == &ea_gen_igp_metric) && e->u.data >= IGP_METRIC_UNKNOWN)
+	    return;
+
 	  bsprintf(pos, "%u", e->u.data);
 	  break;
 	case T_OPAQUE:
@@ -1111,6 +1157,12 @@ ea_show(struct cli *c, const eattr *e)
 	case T_LCLIST:
 	  ea_show_lc_set(c, cls->name, ad, buf);
 	  return;
+	case T_NEXTHOP_LIST:
+	  ea_show_nexthop_list(c, (struct nexthop_adata *) e->u.ptr);
+	  return;
+	case T_HOSTENTRY:
+	  ea_show_hostentry(ad, pos, end - pos);
+	  break;
 	default:
 	  bsprintf(pos, "<type %02x>", e->type);
       }
@@ -1396,12 +1448,15 @@ rta_init(void)
   rte_src_init();
   ea_class_init();
 
+  /* These attributes are required to be first for nice "show route" output */
+  ea_register_init(&ea_gen_nexthop);
+  ea_register_init(&ea_gen_hostentry);
+
+  /* Other generic route attributes */
   ea_register_init(&ea_gen_preference);
   ea_register_init(&ea_gen_igp_metric);
   ea_register_init(&ea_gen_from);
   ea_register_init(&ea_gen_source);
-  ea_register_init(&ea_gen_nexthop);
-  ea_register_init(&ea_gen_hostentry);
   ea_register_init(&ea_gen_flowspec_valid);
 }
 
diff --git a/nest/rt-show.c b/nest/rt-show.c
index 1404f7e6..ac6653ec 100644
--- a/nest/rt-show.c
+++ b/nest/rt-show.c
@@ -83,41 +83,16 @@ rt_show_rte(struct cli *c, byte *ia, rte *e, struct rt_show_data *d, int primary
       net_is_flow(e->net) ? flowspec_valid_name(flowspec_valid) : had ? "recursive" : rta_dest_name(dest),
       e->src->proto->name, tm, from, primary ? (sync_error ? " !" : " *") : "", info);
 
-  if (dest == RTD_UNICAST)
-    NEXTHOP_WALK(nh, nhad)
-    {
-      char mpls[MPLS_MAX_LABEL_STACK*12 + 5], *lsp = mpls;
-      char *onlink = (nh->flags & RNF_ONLINK) ? " onlink" : "";
-      char weight[16] = "";
-
-      if (nh->labels)
-	{
-	  lsp += bsprintf(lsp, " mpls %d", nh->label[0]);
-	  for (int i=1;i<nh->labels; i++)
-	    lsp += bsprintf(lsp, "/%d", nh->label[i]);
-	}
-      *lsp = '\0';
-
-      if (!NEXTHOP_ONE(nhad))
-	bsprintf(weight, " weight %d", nh->weight + 1);
-
-      if (ipa_nonzero(nh->gw))
-	cli_printf(c, -1007, "\tvia %I on %s%s%s%s",
-		   nh->gw, nh->iface->name, mpls, onlink, weight);
-      else
-	cli_printf(c, -1007, "\tdev %s%s%s",
-		   nh->iface->name, mpls,  onlink, weight);
-    }
-  else if (had)
-    {
-      if (ipa_nonzero(had->he->link) && !ipa_equal(had->he->link, had->he->addr))
-	cli_printf(c, -1007, "\tvia %I %I table %s", had->he->addr, had->he->link, had->he->tab->name);
-      else
-	cli_printf(c, -1007, "\tvia %I table %s", had->he->addr, had->he->tab->name);
-    }
-
   if (d->verbose)
     ea_show_list(c, a);
+  else if (dest == RTD_UNICAST)
+    ea_show_nexthop_list(c, nhad);
+  else if (had)
+  {
+    char hetext[256];
+    ea_show_hostentry(&had->ad, hetext, sizeof hetext);
+    cli_printf(c, -1007, "\t%s", hetext);
+  }
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/nest/rt.h b/nest/rt.h
index 70e0283f..745f96ef 100644
--- a/nest/rt.h
+++ b/nest/rt.h
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ struct hostentry_adata {
 void
 ea_set_hostentry(ea_list **to, struct rtable *dep, struct rtable *tab, ip_addr gw, ip_addr ll, u32 lnum, u32 labels[lnum]);
 
+void ea_show_hostentry(const struct adata *ad, byte *buf, uint size);
+void ea_show_nexthop_list(struct cli *c, struct nexthop_adata *nhad);
 
 /*
  *	Default protocol preferences
diff --git a/proto/static/static.c b/proto/static/static.c
index d1d5b92b..f0a514f7 100644
--- a/proto/static/static.c
+++ b/proto/static/static.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static_get_route_info(rte *rte, byte *buf)
 {
   eattr *a = ea_find(rte->attrs, &ea_gen_igp_metric);
   u32 pref = rt_get_preference(rte);
-  if (a)
+  if (a && (a->u.data < IGP_METRIC_UNKNOWN))
     buf += bsprintf(buf, " (%d/%u)", pref, a->u.data);
   else
     buf += bsprintf(buf, " (%d)", pref);