diff --git a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
index 2a2d5076e2..4b29ace8c3 100644
--- a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
+++ b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ void cliConnTimeout(uv_timer_t* handle) {
   }
 
   cliMayUpdateFqdnCache(pThrd->fqdn2ipCache, conn->dstAddr);
-  tTrace("%s conn %p failed to %s since conn timeout", CONN_GET_INST_LABEL(conn), conn->dstAddr, conn);
+  tTrace("%s conn %p failed to connect %s since conn timeout", CONN_GET_INST_LABEL(conn), conn, conn->dstAddr, conn);
   TAOS_UNUSED(transUnrefCliHandle(conn));
 }