diff --git a/src/client/src/tscAsync.c b/src/client/src/tscAsync.c
index f39169c193d3483e4db6a35aa42f5187ef1bf723..174610ec79fee83411e2ee92a79d073894fdb002 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscAsync.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscAsync.c
@@ -339,6 +339,11 @@ void tscTableMetaCallBack(void *param, TAOS_RES *res, int code) {
   const char* msg = (sub->cmd.command == TSDB_SQL_STABLEVGROUP)? "vgroup-list":"multi-tableMeta";
   if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
     tscError("0x%"PRIx64" get %s failed, code:%s", pSql->self, msg, tstrerror(code));
+    if (code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_FQDN_ERROR) {
+      size_t sz = strlen(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(&sub->cmd));
+      tscAllocPayload(&pSql->cmd, (int)sz + 1); 
+      memcpy(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(&pSql->cmd), tscGetErrorMsgPayload(&sub->cmd), sz);
+    } 
     goto _error;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscServer.c b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
index 3e8dfac1da0cb192282989b9ab1137427365b6d0..36cc2128687299a577fc2a1acaad56b70bde28c4 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscServer.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
@@ -501,6 +501,15 @@ static void doProcessMsgFromServer(SSchedMsg* pSchedMsg) {
       pRes->code = rpcMsg->code;
     }
     rpcMsg->code = (pRes->code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) ? (int32_t)pRes->numOfRows : pRes->code;
+    if (pRes->code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_FQDN_ERROR) {
+      if (pEpSet) {
+        char buf[TSDB_FQDN_LEN + 64] = {0}; 
+        tscAllocPayload(pCmd, sizeof(buf)); 
+        sprintf(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), "%s\"%s\"", tstrerror(pRes->code),pEpSet->fqdn[(pEpSet->inUse)%(pEpSet->numOfEps)]);
+      } else {
+        sprintf(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), "%s", tstrerror(pRes->code));
+      } 
+    }
     (*pSql->fp)(pSql->param, pSql, rpcMsg->code);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSql.c b/src/client/src/tscSql.c
index 6f3d5c3a63c8d9c82eb7776c0a346abc88676ec1..5f55e1c50d3ef75d6036a7d71419f142bff8cfb9 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSql.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSql.c
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ TAOS *taos_connect_internal(const char *ip, const char *user, const char *pass,
 
     if (pSql->res.code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
       terrno = pSql->res.code;
+      if (terrno ==TSDB_CODE_RPC_FQDN_ERROR) {
+        printf("taos connect failed, reason: %s\n\n", taos_errstr(pSql));
+      } else {
+        printf("taos connect failed, reason: %s.\n\n", tstrerror(terrno));
+      }
       taos_free_result(pSql);
       taos_close(pObj);
       return NULL;
@@ -643,7 +648,7 @@ char *taos_errstr(TAOS_RES *tres) {
     return (char*) tstrerror(terrno);
   }
 
-  if (hasAdditionalErrorInfo(pSql->res.code, &pSql->cmd)) {
+  if (hasAdditionalErrorInfo(pSql->res.code, &pSql->cmd) || pSql->res.code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_FQDN_ERROR) {
     return pSql->cmd.payload;
   } else {
     return (char*)tstrerror(pSql->res.code);
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
index 58f4b7ff02b673288878aa44671ba2a544556cc5..cdce61e578de729e09bd30e893b5f4e97a6128d8 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ TAOS *shellInit(SShellArguments *_args) {
   }
 
   if (con == NULL) {
-    printf("taos connect failed, reason: %s.\n\n", tstrerror(terrno));
     fflush(stdout);
     return con;
   }