diff --git a/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/iotdb/relational/it/query/old/builtinfunction/scalar/IoTDBFormatFunctionTableIT.java b/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/iotdb/relational/it/query/old/builtinfunction/scalar/IoTDBFormatFunctionTableIT.java
index ed6bc205aee00..f8bde5af7baf9 100644
--- a/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/iotdb/relational/it/query/old/builtinfunction/scalar/IoTDBFormatFunctionTableIT.java
+++ b/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/iotdb/relational/it/query/old/builtinfunction/scalar/IoTDBFormatFunctionTableIT.java
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public void testAnomalies() {
 
     tableAssertTestFail(
         "SELECT FORMAT('%s') FROM string_table",
-        "701: Scalar function format must have at least two arguments, and first argument must be char type.",
+        "701: Scalar function format must have at least two arguments, and first argument pattern must be TEXT or STRING type.",
         DATABASE_NAME);
   }
 }
diff --git a/iotdb-core/datanode/src/main/java/org/apache/iotdb/db/queryengine/plan/relational/metadata/TableMetadataImpl.java b/iotdb-core/datanode/src/main/java/org/apache/iotdb/db/queryengine/plan/relational/metadata/TableMetadataImpl.java
index 758657707ed98..756a6902a5bc3 100644
--- a/iotdb-core/datanode/src/main/java/org/apache/iotdb/db/queryengine/plan/relational/metadata/TableMetadataImpl.java
+++ b/iotdb-core/datanode/src/main/java/org/apache/iotdb/db/queryengine/plan/relational/metadata/TableMetadataImpl.java
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ && isIntegerNumber(argumentTypes.get(2)))) {
         throw new SemanticException(
             "Scalar function "
                 + functionName.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH)
-                + " must have at least two arguments, and first argument must be char type.");
+                + " must have at least two arguments, and first argument pattern must be TEXT or STRING type.");
       }
       return STRING;
     } else if (TableBuiltinScalarFunction.GREATEST.getFunctionName().equalsIgnoreCase(functionName)