diff --git a/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c b/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
index 82550fb4e9..8402a5a589 100644
--- a/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
+++ b/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ bool shellIsShowWhole(const char *sql) {
   if (taosStrCaseStr(sql, "describe ") != NULL) {
     return true;
   }
-  // describe
+  // show
   if (taosStrCaseStr(sql, "show ") != NULL) {
     return true;
   }