diff --git a/clients/cli/general.c b/clients/cli/general.c
index 338deec21..e246d2828 100644
--- a/clients/cli/general.c
+++ b/clients/cli/general.c
@@ -1414,11 +1414,20 @@ do_overview (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 
 		state = nm_device_get_state (devices[i]);
 		color = nmc_device_state_to_color (state);
-		tmp = nmc_colorize (&nmc->nmc_config, color, "%s: %s%s%s",
-		                    nm_device_get_iface (devices[i]),
-		                    gettext (nmc_device_state_to_string (state)),
-		                    ac ? " to " : "",
-		                    ac ? nm_active_connection_get_id (ac) : "");
+		if (ac) {
+			/* TRANSLATORS: prints header line for activated device in plain `nmcli` overview output as
+			 * "<interface-name>: <device-state> to <connection-id>" */
+			tmp = nmc_colorize (&nmc->nmc_config, color, C_("nmcli-overview", "%s: %s to %s"),
+			                    nm_device_get_iface (devices[i]),
+			                    gettext (nmc_device_state_to_string (state)),
+			                    nm_active_connection_get_id (ac));
+		} else {
+			/* TRANSLATORS: prints header line for not active device in plain `nmcli` overview output as
+			 * "<interface-name>: <device-state>" */
+			tmp = nmc_colorize (&nmc->nmc_config, color, C_("nmcli-overview", "%s: %s"),
+			                    nm_device_get_iface (devices[i]),
+			                    gettext (nmc_device_state_to_string (state)));
+		}
 		g_print ("%s\n", tmp);
 		g_free (tmp);