diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/admin/info.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/admin/info.rs
index 0884302..bd621e1 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/admin/info.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/admin/info.rs
@@ -542,10 +542,16 @@ fn print_cluster_info(info: &ClusterInfo, formatter: &Formatter) {
 
     // Object info
     if let Some(ref buckets) = info.buckets {
-        formatter.println(&format!("  Buckets:       {}", buckets.count));
+        formatter.println(&format!(
+            "  Buckets:       {}",
+            count_or_unavailable(buckets.count, buckets.error.as_deref())
+        ));
     }
     if let Some(ref objects) = info.objects {
-        formatter.println(&format!("  Objects:       {}", objects.count));
+        formatter.println(&format!(
+            "  Objects:       {}",
+            count_or_unavailable(objects.count, objects.error.as_deref())
+        ));
     }
 
     // Backend info
@@ -802,6 +808,14 @@ fn value_or_unknown(value: &str) -> &str {
     if value.is_empty() { "unknown" } else { value }
 }
 
+fn count_or_unavailable(count: u64, error: Option<&str>) -> String {
+    if error.is_some_and(|error| !error.trim().is_empty()) {
+        "unavailable".to_string()
+    } else {
+        count.to_string()
+    }
+}
+
 fn cluster_rustfs_version(info: &ClusterInfo) -> String {
     let versions = info
         .servers
@@ -908,6 +922,16 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(value.get("usedCapacity").is_some());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_count_or_unavailable_distinguishes_unknown_from_zero() {
+        assert_eq!(count_or_unavailable(0, None), "0");
+        assert_eq!(count_or_unavailable(42, Some("")), "42");
+        assert_eq!(
+            count_or_unavailable(0, Some("data usage snapshot unavailable")),
+            "unavailable"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_format_bytes() {
         assert_eq!(format_bytes(0), "0 B");
diff --git a/crates/cli/tests/admin_info.rs b/crates/cli/tests/admin_info.rs
index 1db6ba4..6202340 100644
--- a/crates/cli/tests/admin_info.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/tests/admin_info.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use admin_support::{rc_binary, rc_host_alias, start_admin_test_server};
 
 const BETA9_INFO_RESPONSE: &str = r#"{"info":{"mode":"distributed","deploymentID":"deployment-123","servers":[{"endpoint":"http://node1:9000","state":"online","version":"1.0.0-beta.9","drives":[{"endpoint":"http://node1:9000/data1","path":"/data1","state":"ok","totalspace":100,"usedspace":40,"availspace":60,"pool_index":1,"set_index":2,"disk_index":3}]}]},"admin_discovery":{"runtimeCapabilities":"/rustfs/admin/v4/runtime/capabilities","clusterSnapshot":"/rustfs/admin/v4/cluster/snapshot","extensionsCatalog":"/rustfs/admin/v4/extensions/catalog"}}"#;
+const UNAVAILABLE_STATS_INFO_RESPONSE: &str = r#"{"info":{"mode":"distributed","deploymentID":"deployment-123","buckets":{"count":0,"error":"data usage snapshot unavailable"},"objects":{"count":0,"error":"data usage snapshot unavailable"},"servers":[]}}"#;
 
 #[test]
 fn cluster_info_displays_disk_location_indexes_from_snake_case_fields() {
@@ -51,6 +52,45 @@ fn cluster_info_displays_disk_location_indexes_from_snake_case_fields() {
     handle.join().expect("admin test server finished");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn cluster_info_marks_unavailable_counts_instead_of_reporting_zero() {
+    let config_dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("create config dir");
+    let (endpoint, receiver, handle) = start_admin_test_server(UNAVAILABLE_STATS_INFO_RESPONSE);
+
+    let output = Command::new(rc_binary())
+        .args(["admin", "info", "cluster", "myalias"])
+        .env("RC_CONFIG_DIR", config_dir.path())
+        .env("RC_HOST_myalias", rc_host_alias(&endpoint))
+        .output()
+        .expect("run rc command");
+
+    assert!(
+        output.status.success(),
+        "stderr: {}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+    );
+
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).expect("stdout should be UTF-8");
+    assert!(
+        stdout.contains("Buckets:       unavailable"),
+        "stdout: {stdout}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        stdout.contains("Objects:       unavailable"),
+        "stdout: {stdout}"
+    );
+    assert!(!stdout.contains("Buckets:       0"), "stdout: {stdout}");
+    assert!(!stdout.contains("Objects:       0"), "stdout: {stdout}");
+
+    let request = receiver
+        .recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(5))
+        .expect("captured admin request");
+    assert_eq!(request.method, "GET");
+    assert_eq!(request.target, "/rustfs/admin/v3/info");
+
+    handle.join().expect("admin test server finished");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn server_info_reads_servers_from_beta9_info_response() {
     let config_dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("create config dir");