diff --git a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deploy.go b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deploy.go
index 028d5fde8..9d4322705 100644
--- a/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deploy.go
+++ b/pkg/karmadactl/cmdinit/kubernetes/deploy.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (i *CommandInitOption) Complete() error {
 	i.KubeClientSet = clientSet
 
 	if !i.isNodePortExist() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("nodePort %v already exist", i.KarmadaAPIServerNodePort)
+		return fmt.Errorf("nodePort of karmada apiserver %v already exist", i.KarmadaAPIServerNodePort)
 	}
 
 	if i.EtcdStorageMode == "hostPath" && i.EtcdNodeSelectorLabels == "" {