diff --git a/clients/cli/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/cli/ErrorMessages.java b/clients/cli/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/cli/ErrorMessages.java
index 323f0fc2aed..fac1744e13a 100644
--- a/clients/cli/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/cli/ErrorMessages.java
+++ b/clients/cli/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/cli/ErrorMessages.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public class ErrorMessages {
   public static final String UNKNOWN_TABLE = "Unknown table name.";
   public static final String MALFORMED_NAME = "Malformed entity name.";
   public static final String MISSING_NAME = "Missing --name option.";
+  public static final String MISSING_ENTITY =
+      "Unable to determine the entity. Please specify one" + " using the --name option.";
   public static final String METALAKE_EXISTS = "Metalake already exists.";
   public static final String CATALOG_EXISTS = "Catalog already exists.";
   public static final String SCHEMA_EXISTS = "Schema already exists.";