diff --git a/doc/CHANGES-staging/cli_channel_display_length_increase.txt b/doc/CHANGES-staging/cli_channel_display_length_increase.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9fc77cd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/CHANGES-staging/cli_channel_display_length_increase.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Subject: cli
+Subject: core
+
+This change increases the display width on 'core show channels'
+amd 'core show channels verbose'
+
+For 'core show channels', the Channel name field is increased to
+64 characters and the Location name field is increased to 32
+characters.
+
+For 'core show channels verbose', the Channel name field is
+increased to 80 characters, the Context is increased to 24
+characters and the Extension is increased to 24 characters.
+
diff --git a/main/cli.c b/main/cli.c
index 03863358df..2cb0722ebe 100644
--- a/main/cli.c
+++ b/main/cli.c
@@ -1098,11 +1098,11 @@ static char *handle_showcalls(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_a
 
 static char *handle_chanlist(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_args *a)
 {
-#define FORMAT_STRING  "%-20.20s %-20.20s %-7.7s %-30.30s\n"
-#define FORMAT_STRING2 "%-20.20s %-20.20s %-7.7s %-30.30s\n"
+#define FORMAT_STRING  "%-64.64s %-32.32s %-7.7s %-30.30s\n"
+#define FORMAT_STRING2 "%-64.64s %-32.32s %-7.7s %-30.30s\n"
 #define CONCISE_FORMAT_STRING  "%s!%s!%s!%d!%s!%s!%s!%s!%s!%s!%d!%s!%s!%s\n"
-#define VERBOSE_FORMAT_STRING  "%-20.20s %-20.20s %-16.16s %4d %-7.7s %-12.12s %-25.25s %-15.15s %8.8s %-11.11s %-11.11s %-20.20s\n"
-#define VERBOSE_FORMAT_STRING2 "%-20.20s %-20.20s %-16.16s %-4.4s %-7.7s %-12.12s %-25.25s %-15.15s %8.8s %-11.11s %-11.11s %-20.20s\n"
+#define VERBOSE_FORMAT_STRING  "%-80.80s %-24.24s %-24.24s %4d %-7.7s %-12.12s %-25.25s %-15.15s %8.8s %-11.11s %-11.11s %-20.20s\n"
+#define VERBOSE_FORMAT_STRING2 "%-80.80s %-24.24s %-24.24s %-4.4s %-7.7s %-12.12s %-25.25s %-15.15s %8.8s %-11.11s %-11.11s %-20.20s\n"
 
 	struct ao2_container *channels;
 	struct ao2_iterator it_chans;