diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp b/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
index 882a6161a..dc0985fed 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ if [ $OS_TYPE = Linux ]; then
         output=`eval $cmd 2>&1`
         rc=$?
         if [ "$rc" != "0" ] || (pmatch "$output" "*Time could not*");then
-            echo "$cmd failed, NTP maynot be synchronized, please wait for NTP synchronized then run updatenode nodename -P setupntp"
+            echo "$cmd failed, NTP may not be synchronized on server node"
+            echo "please wait for NTP synchronized, may take at least 15 mins"
             logger -t xcat "$cmd failed"
-            exit 1
         fi
     else
         logger -t xcat "ntpdate -t5 $master "