diff --git a/cmd/lotus-storage-miner/info.go b/cmd/lotus-storage-miner/info.go
index 12ccd549a..7a4e316ed 100644
--- a/cmd/lotus-storage-miner/info.go
+++ b/cmd/lotus-storage-miner/info.go
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func infoCmdAct(cctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return sorted[i].status > sorted[j].status
 	})
 
-	fmt.Printf("Deals: %d, %s\n", total.count, types.SizeStr(types.NewInt(uint64(total.bytes))))
+	fmt.Printf("Storage Deals: %d, %s\n", total.count, types.SizeStr(types.NewInt(uint64(total.bytes))))
 	tw := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 1, 1, 1, ' ', 0)
 	for _, e := range sorted {
 		_, _ = tw.Write([]byte(e.str))
diff --git a/node/impl/storminer.go b/node/impl/storminer.go
index 61c69b2ba..bbaf52bc6 100644
--- a/node/impl/storminer.go
+++ b/node/impl/storminer.go
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ func (sm *StorageMinerAPI) MarketListRetrievalDeals(ctx context.Context) ([]retr
 	deals := sm.RetrievalProvider.ListDeals()
 
 	for _, deal := range deals {
+		if deal.ChannelID != nil {
+			if deal.ChannelID.Initiator == "" || deal.ChannelID.Responder == "" {
+				deal.ChannelID = nil // don't try to push unparsable peer IDs over jsonrpc
+			}
+		}
 		out = append(out, deal)
 	}