diff --git a/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c b/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
index 4798151d38195ec8bd8bca02a789d1dc6b2eca81..11758c76dc3163189e3e7137504d5a3c6b75904c 100644
--- a/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
+++ b/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ void shellPrintField(const char *val, TAOS_FIELD *field, int32_t width, int32_t
       printf("%*e", width, GET_FLOAT_VAL(val));
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_DOUBLE:
-      snprintf(buf, TSDB_MAX_BYTES_PER_ROW, "%.15e", GET_DOUBLE_VAL(val));
+      snprintf(buf, TSDB_MAX_BYTES_PER_ROW, "%.9e", GET_DOUBLE_VAL(val));
       printf("%*s", width, buf);
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY: