diff --git a/contrib/pagehack/pagehack.cpp b/contrib/pagehack/pagehack.cpp
index 08b10845e..1598c2d18 100644
--- a/contrib/pagehack/pagehack.cpp
+++ b/contrib/pagehack/pagehack.cpp
@@ -5754,8 +5754,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    if (enable_dss && socketpath == NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Socketpath cannot be NULL when enable dss.\n");
+    if (enable_dss && (socketpath == NULL || strlen(socketpath) == 0 || strncmp("UDS:", socketpath, 4) != 0)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Socketpath must be specific correctly when enable dss, "
+            "format is: '-c UDS:xxx'.\n");
         exit(1);
     }
 
diff --git a/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.cpp b/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.cpp
index 4885fff5c..723db46a1 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.cpp
+++ b/contrib/pg_xlogdump/pg_xlogdump.cpp
@@ -1012,8 +1012,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     }
 
     if (dumpprivate.enable_dss) {
-        if (dumpprivate.socketpath == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: socketpath cannot be NULL when enable dss\n", progname);
+        if (dumpprivate.socketpath == NULL || strlen(dumpprivate.socketpath) == 0 ||
+            strncmp("UDS:", dumpprivate.socketpath, 4) != 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: socketpath must be specific correctly when enable dss, "
+                "format is: '--socketpath=\"UDS:xxx\"'.\n", progname);
             goto bad_argument;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.cpp b/src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.cpp
index 328d76f7c..845d552c7 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/pg_controldata/pg_controldata.cpp
@@ -327,8 +327,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     check_env_value_c(DataDir);
 
     if (enable_dss) {
-        if (socketpath == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, _("%s: socketpath cannot be NULL when enable dss\n"), progname);
+        if (socketpath == NULL || strlen(socketpath) == 0 || strncmp("UDS:", socketpath, 4) != 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, _("%s: socketpath must be specific correctly when enable dss, "
+                "format is: '--socketpath=\"UDS:xxx\"'.\n"), progname);
             exit_safely(1);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.cpp b/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.cpp
index 1038c7010..b3040e936 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.cpp
@@ -284,8 +284,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     }
 
     if (dss.enable_dss) {
-        if (dss.socketpath == NULL) {
-            fprintf(stderr, _("%s: socketpath cannot be NULL when enable dss\n"), progname);
+        if (dss.socketpath == NULL || strlen(dss.socketpath) == 0 || strncmp("UDS:", dss.socketpath, 4) != 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, _("%s: socketpath must be specific correctly when enable dss, "
+                "format is: '--socketpath=\"UDS:xxx\"'.\n"), progname);
             exit(1);
         }
         if (dss.vgname == NULL) {