diff --git a/cli/command/context/show.go b/cli/command/context/show.go
index 0bcdfabee16b..dd33f9e02a84 100644
--- a/cli/command/context/show.go
+++ b/cli/command/context/show.go
@@ -16,19 +16,14 @@ func newShowCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 		Short: "Print the name of the current context",
 		Args:  cli.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return runShow(dockerCli)
+			runShow(dockerCli)
+			return nil
 		},
 		ValidArgsFunction: completion.NoComplete,
 	}
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func runShow(dockerCli command.Cli) error {
-	context := dockerCli.CurrentContext()
-	metadata, err := dockerCli.ContextStore().GetMetadata(context)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintln(dockerCli.Out(), metadata.Name)
-	return nil
+func runShow(dockerCli command.Cli) {
+	fmt.Fprintln(dockerCli.Out(), dockerCli.CurrentContext())
 }
diff --git a/cli/command/context/show_test.go b/cli/command/context/show_test.go
index 08bedee69bcc..40ac58ad0575 100644
--- a/cli/command/context/show_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/context/show_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package context
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
 	"gotest.tools/v3/golden"
 )
 
@@ -13,6 +12,6 @@ func TestShow(t *testing.T) {
 	cli.SetCurrentContext("current")
 
 	cli.OutBuffer().Reset()
-	assert.NilError(t, runShow(cli))
+	runShow(cli)
 	golden.Assert(t, cli.OutBuffer().String(), "show.golden")
 }