diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/GenerateStartCmdCmd.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/GenerateStartCmdCmd.java
index 1149592f20..7f58bb4f9c 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/GenerateStartCmdCmd.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/GenerateStartCmdCmd.java
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 package org.apache.kafka.tools.automq;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.ArgumentParser;
 import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.Namespace;
 import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.Subparser;
@@ -109,36 +113,46 @@ public void run() throws IOException {
 
         for (int controllerNodeId : controllerGroupConfig.getNodeIdList()) {
             if (parameter.controllerOnlyMode) {
-                System.out.println(String.format("bin/kafka-server-start.sh "
+                System.out.printf("bin/kafka-server-start.sh "
                     + "--s3-url=\"%s\" "
                     + "--override process.roles=controller "
                     + "--override node.id=%s "
                     + "--override controller.quorum.voters=%s "
-                    + "--override listeners=%s ", parameter.s3Url, controllerNodeId, controllerGroupConfig.getQuorumVoters(), controllerGroupConfig.getListenerMap().get(controllerNodeId)));
+                    + "--override listeners=%s %n", parameter.s3Url, controllerNodeId, controllerGroupConfig.getQuorumVoters(), controllerGroupConfig.getListenerMap().get(controllerNodeId));
             } else {
-                System.out.println(String.format("bin/kafka-server-start.sh "
+                System.out.printf("bin/kafka-server-start.sh "
                     + "--s3-url=\"%s\" "
                     + "--override process.roles=broker,controller "
                     + "--override node.id=%s "
                     + "--override controller.quorum.voters=%s "
                     + "--override listeners=%s "
-                    + "--override advertised.listeners=%s ", parameter.s3Url, controllerNodeId, controllerGroupConfig.getQuorumVoters(), controllerGroupConfig.getListenerMap().get(controllerNodeId), controllerGroupConfig.getAdvertisedListenerMap().get(controllerNodeId)));
+                    + "--override advertised.listeners=%s %n", parameter.s3Url, controllerNodeId, controllerGroupConfig.getQuorumVoters(), controllerGroupConfig.getListenerMap().get(controllerNodeId), controllerGroupConfig.getAdvertisedListenerMap().get(controllerNodeId));
             }
             System.out.println();
         }
-
-        for (int brokerNodeId : brokerGroupConfig.getNodeIdList()) {
-            System.out.println(String.format("bin/kafka-server-start.sh "
-                + "--s3-url=\"%s\" "
-                + "--override process.roles=broker "
-                + "--override node.id=%s "
-                + "--override controller.quorum.voters=%s "
-                + "--override listeners=%s "
-                + "--override advertised.listeners=%s ", parameter.s3Url, brokerNodeId, brokerGroupConfig.getQuorumVoters(), brokerGroupConfig.getListenerMap().get(brokerNodeId), brokerGroupConfig.getAdvertisedListenerMap().get(brokerNodeId)));
-            System.out.println();
+        Set<String> nodes = convert2Nodes(parameter.brokerList);
+        if (!parameter.controllerOnlyMode) {
+            Optional.ofNullable(convert2Nodes(parameter.controllerList)).ifPresent(nodes::removeAll);
+        }
+        if (!nodes.isEmpty()) {
+            for (int brokerNodeId : brokerGroupConfig.getNodeIdList()) {
+                System.out.printf("bin/kafka-server-start.sh "
+                    + "--s3-url=\"%s\" "
+                    + "--override process.roles=broker "
+                    + "--override node.id=%s "
+                    + "--override controller.quorum.voters=%s "
+                    + "--override listeners=%s "
+                    + "--override advertised.listeners=%s %n", parameter.s3Url, brokerNodeId, brokerGroupConfig.getQuorumVoters(), brokerGroupConfig.getListenerMap().get(brokerNodeId), brokerGroupConfig.getAdvertisedListenerMap().get(brokerNodeId));
+                System.out.println();
+            }
         }
         System.out.println();
         System.out.println("TIPS: Start controllers first and then the brokers.");
         System.out.println();
     }
+
+    private Set<String> convert2Nodes(String list) {
+        return Arrays.stream(list.split(";")).map(broker -> broker.split(":")[0]).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    }
+
 }