diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index dca70d0cbb..8ac47d1ec3 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -4598,7 +4598,7 @@ static void setDefaultOrderInfo(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo) {
 int32_t parseOrderbyClause(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SQuerySQL* pQuerySql, SSchema* pSchema) {
   const char* msg0 = "only support order by primary timestamp";
   const char* msg1 = "invalid column name";
-  const char* msg2 = "only support order by primary timestamp or queried column";
+  const char* msg2 = "only support order by primary timestamp or first tag in groupby clause allowed";
   const char* msg3 = "invalid column in order by clause, only primary timestamp or first tag in groupby clause allowed";
 
   setDefaultOrderInfo(pQueryInfo);