diff --git a/scripts/test/emqx-smoke-test.sh b/scripts/test/emqx-smoke-test.sh
index 44df5b5bd..4430a313a 100755
--- a/scripts/test/emqx-smoke-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/emqx-smoke-test.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ check_api_docs() {
     local status
     status="$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "$url")"
     if [ "$status" != "200" ]; then
-        echo "emqx is not responding on $API_DOCS_URL"
+        echo "emqx return non-200 responses($status) on $url"
         exit 1
     fi
 }