diff --git a/PendingReleaseNotes b/PendingReleaseNotes
index 386f792bf57..d06c2492071 100644
--- a/PendingReleaseNotes
+++ b/PendingReleaseNotes
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@
   unlabeled perf counters may become labeled in future releases
   and as such will no longer be emitted by the `perf dump` and `perf schema`
   commands.
+* `ceph mgr dump` command now outputs `last_failure_osd_epoch` and
+  `active_clients` fields at the top level.  Previously, these fields were
+  output under `always_on_modules` field.
 
 >=17.2.1
 
diff --git a/src/mon/MgrMap.h b/src/mon/MgrMap.h
index 5342fc51fc3..c06a691b04a 100644
--- a/src/mon/MgrMap.h
+++ b/src/mon/MgrMap.h
@@ -514,13 +514,13 @@ public:
       }
       f->close_section();
     }
+    f->close_section(); // always_on_modules
     f->dump_int("last_failure_osd_epoch", last_failure_osd_epoch);
     f->open_array_section("active_clients");
     for (const auto &c : clients) {
       f->dump_object("client", c);
     }
-    f->close_section();
-    f->close_section();
+    f->close_section(); // active_clients
   }
 
   static void generate_test_instances(std::list<MgrMap*> &l) {