diff --git a/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c b/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
index 3080b15b8c5b644781bfd1b77bf03bd0f731cd7c..f9602aaa4dfb0f2ea7b68216c239df66ceae62e1 100644
--- a/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
+++ b/tools/shell/src/shellEngine.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ void shellPrintField(const char *val, TAOS_FIELD *field, int32_t width, int32_t
       printf("%*" PRIu64, width, *((uint64_t *)val));
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_FLOAT:
-      printf("%*.5f", width, GET_FLOAT_VAL(val));
+      printf("%*ef", width, GET_FLOAT_VAL(val));
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_DOUBLE:
       n = snprintf(buf, TSDB_MAX_BYTES_PER_ROW, "%*.9f", width, GET_DOUBLE_VAL(val));