diff --git a/src/client/inc/tscUtil.h b/src/client/inc/tscUtil.h
index 5a68cc8797084ff67e466c0cc45a54c67956379b..06fe337be80a730a5f7131bc72109bd672a13e21 100644
--- a/src/client/inc/tscUtil.h
+++ b/src/client/inc/tscUtil.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ bool isSimpleAggregateRv(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo);
 
 bool tscNonOrderedProjectionQueryOnSTable(SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo, int32_t tableIndex);
 bool tscOrderedProjectionQueryOnSTable(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, int32_t tableIndex);
-bool tscIsDiffDerivQuery(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo);
+bool tscIsDiffDerivLikeQuery(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo);
 bool tscIsProjectionQueryOnSTable(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, int32_t tableIndex);
 
 bool tscIsProjectionQuery(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo);
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index b42bcfbfb1e444f22537d6bec7755452964cf36e..babbee9d503131150e3e0e710556955ab99c399a 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -3418,7 +3418,7 @@ bool hasUnsupportFunctionsForSTableQuery(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo)
     }
   }
 
-  if (tscIsTWAQuery(pQueryInfo) || tscIsDiffDerivQuery(pQueryInfo) || tscIsIrateQuery(pQueryInfo) ||
+  if (tscIsTWAQuery(pQueryInfo) || tscIsDiffDerivLikeQuery(pQueryInfo) || tscIsIrateQuery(pQueryInfo) ||
       tscQueryContainsFunction(pQueryInfo, TSDB_FUNC_SAMPLE)) {
     if (pQueryInfo->groupbyExpr.numOfGroupCols == 0) {
       invalidOperationMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg1);
@@ -7060,7 +7060,7 @@ static int32_t doAddGroupbyColumnsOnDemand(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo
     if (TSDB_COL_IS_TAG(pColIndex->flag)) {
 
       int32_t f = TSDB_FUNC_TAG;
-      if (tscIsDiffDerivQuery(pQueryInfo)) {
+      if (tscIsDiffDerivLikeQuery(pQueryInfo)) {
         f = TSDB_FUNC_TAGPRJ;
       }
 
@@ -7224,7 +7224,7 @@ int32_t doFunctionsCompatibleCheck(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, char*
     }
 
     // projection query on super table does not compatible with "group by" syntax
-    if (tscIsProjectionQuery(pQueryInfo) && !(tscIsDiffDerivQuery(pQueryInfo))) {
+    if (tscIsProjectionQuery(pQueryInfo) && !(tscIsDiffDerivLikeQuery(pQueryInfo))) {
       return invalidOperationMsg(msg, msg3);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
index cf0fdaca1fd58520b644128877035fc55a4434fc..3d90c768af977b7cbdc3d52ebd41f03e96a840ff 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ bool tscIsProjectionQuery(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo) {
   return true;
 }
 
-bool tscIsDiffDerivQuery(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo) {
+// these functions diff/derivative/csum/mavg will return the result computed on current row and history row/rows
+// as the result for current row
+bool tscIsDiffDerivLikeQuery(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo) {
   size_t size = tscNumOfExprs(pQueryInfo);
 
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
@@ -605,7 +607,7 @@ bool isSimpleAggregateRv(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (tscIsDiffDerivQuery(pQueryInfo)) {
+  if (tscIsDiffDerivLikeQuery(pQueryInfo)) {
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -4852,7 +4854,7 @@ int32_t tscCreateQueryFromQueryInfo(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SQueryAttr* pQueryAt
   pQueryAttr->hasTagResults     = hasTagValOutput(pQueryInfo);
   pQueryAttr->stabledev         = isStabledev(pQueryInfo);
   pQueryAttr->tsCompQuery       = isTsCompQuery(pQueryInfo);
-  pQueryAttr->diffQuery         = tscIsDiffDerivQuery(pQueryInfo);
+  pQueryAttr->diffQuery         = tscIsDiffDerivLikeQuery(pQueryInfo);
   pQueryAttr->simpleAgg         = isSimpleAggregateRv(pQueryInfo);
   pQueryAttr->needReverseScan   = tscNeedReverseScan(pQueryInfo);
   pQueryAttr->stableQuery       = QUERY_IS_STABLE_QUERY(pQueryInfo->type);