diff --git a/clients/cli/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/cli/commands/TagEntity.java b/clients/cli/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/cli/commands/TagEntity.java
index 55bb4b7f436..d2d1cbbe18f 100644
--- a/clients/cli/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/cli/commands/TagEntity.java
+++ b/clients/cli/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/cli/commands/TagEntity.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public void handle() {
       exitWithError(exp.getMessage());
     }
 
-    String all = String.join(",", tagsToAdd);
+    String all = tagsToAdd.length == 0 ? "nothing" : String.join(",", tagsToAdd);
 
     System.out.println(entity + " now tagged with " + all);
   }