diff --git a/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c b/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
index 4c9c559457..bea781cc92 100755
--- a/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
+++ b/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
@@ -10617,7 +10617,7 @@ static int32_t checkStreamQuery(STranslateContext* pCxt, SCreateStreamStmt* pStm
         parseNatualDuration(str, strlen(str), &minDelay, &pVal->unit, pVal->node.resType.precision, false)) {
       if (pVal->datum.i < minDelay) {
         return generateSyntaxErrMsgExt(&pCxt->msgBuf, TSDB_CODE_PAR_INVALID_STREAM_QUERY,
-                                       "stream max delay must be bigger than 5 session");
+                                       "stream max delay must be bigger than 5 seconds");
       }
     }
   }