diff --git a/tests/pytest/tools/taosdumpTest.py b/tests/pytest/tools/taosdumpTest.py
index c33a96bb689e82fbba3093bd9fffc01ab4e2c815..628617e27b4af8695b96961441c6b135bdb15416 100644
--- a/tests/pytest/tools/taosdumpTest.py
+++ b/tests/pytest/tools/taosdumpTest.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         if not os.path.exists("./taosdumptest/tmp1"):
             os.makedirs("./taosdumptest/tmp1")
         else:
-            print("path has already existed")
+            print("directory exists")
 
         if not os.path.exists("./taosdumptest/tmp2"):
             os.makedirs("./taosdumptest/tmp2")