diff --git a/paimon-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/predicate/PredicateUtils.java b/paimon-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/predicate/PredicateUtils.java
index a6b86f32854d..4503ddd2f3ad 100644
--- a/paimon-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/predicate/PredicateUtils.java
+++ b/paimon-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/predicate/PredicateUtils.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public static void traverseCompoundPredicate(
             Consumer<Predicate> unMatchConsumer) {
         Preconditions.checkState(
                 predicate instanceof CompoundPredicate,
-                "PredicateUtils##handleCompoundPredicate should handle with a CompoundPredicate.");
+                "PredicateUtils.traverseCompoundPredicate only supports processing Predicates of CompoundPredicate type.");
 
         CompoundPredicate compoundPredicate = (CompoundPredicate) predicate;
         List<Predicate> children = compoundPredicate.children();