diff --git a/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c b/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
index 8e44edce17e2ead6a99bdf554985850a3c904bd8..6ddd4b2d36f80080f06506e8296f70f160a65c38 100644
--- a/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
+++ b/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
@@ -3371,7 +3371,7 @@ static int32_t translateInterp(STranslateContext* pCxt, SSelectStmt* pSelect) {
       return generateSyntaxErrMsg(&pCxt->msgBuf, TSDB_CODE_PAR_INVALID_INTERP_CLAUSE);
     }
     if (pSelect->hasInterpPseudoColFunc) {
-      return generateSyntaxErrMsgExt(&pCxt->msgBuf, TSDB_CODE_PAR_INVALID_COLUMN, "Missing interp function");
+      return generateSyntaxErrMsgExt(&pCxt->msgBuf, TSDB_CODE_PAR_NOT_ALLOWED_FUNC, "Has Interp pseudo column(s) but missing interp function");
     }
     return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
   }