diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/resource/workloadgroup/WorkloadGroup.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/resource/workloadgroup/WorkloadGroup.java
index fed07492504f6ef..7d5e792ef714315 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/resource/workloadgroup/WorkloadGroup.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/resource/workloadgroup/WorkloadGroup.java
@@ -433,9 +433,9 @@ private static void checkProperties(Map<String, String> properties) throws DdlEx
             String[] tagArr = tagStr.split(",");
             for (String tag : tagArr) {
                 try {
-                    FeNameFormat.checkCommonName("workload group tag name", tag);
+                    FeNameFormat.checkCommonName("workload group tag", tag);
                 } catch (AnalysisException e) {
-                    throw new DdlException("workload group tag name format is illegal, " + tagStr);
+                    throw new DdlException("tag format is illegal, " + tagStr);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/regression-test/suites/workload_manager_p0/test_curd_wlg.groovy b/regression-test/suites/workload_manager_p0/test_curd_wlg.groovy
index f33b8da4f3d5321..7807578ea81bcf4 100644
--- a/regression-test/suites/workload_manager_p0/test_curd_wlg.groovy
+++ b/regression-test/suites/workload_manager_p0/test_curd_wlg.groovy
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ suite("test_crud_wlg") {
     // test workload group's tag property, cpu_hard_limit
     test {
         sql "create workload group tag_test properties('tag'=' a, b , c ');"
-        exception "Incorrect workload group tag name"
+        exception "tag format is illegal"
     }
 
     test {