diff --git a/tests/army/cmdline/taosCli.py b/tests/army/cmdline/taosCli.py
index 3248ac85ba..d446a25c86 100644
--- a/tests/army/cmdline/taosCli.py
+++ b/tests/army/cmdline/taosCli.py
@@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ class TDTestCase(TBase):
         # insert
         json = "cmdline/json/taosCli.json"
         db, stb, childCount, insertRows = self.insertBenchJson(json)
+        # describe
         sql = f"describe {db}.{stb};"
-        # check result
+        tdSql.query(sql)
+        tdSql.checkRows(2 + 1000)
+        # desc
+        sql = f"desc {db}.{stb};"
         tdSql.query(sql)
         tdSql.checkRows(2 + 1000)
 
diff --git a/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c b/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
index 6d56aa7fe2..5ddf773dbb 100644
--- a/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
+++ b/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
@@ -730,6 +730,10 @@ bool shellIsShowWhole(const char *sql) {
   if (taosStrCaseStr(sql, "describe ") != NULL) {
     return true;
   }
+  // desc
+  if (taosStrCaseStr(sql, "desc ") != NULL) {
+    return true;
+  }
   // show
   if (taosStrCaseStr(sql, "show ") != NULL) {
     return true;