diff --git a/pkg/cmd/gtctl/cluster/list/list.go b/pkg/cmd/gtctl/cluster/list/list.go
index b9519197..007e1913 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/gtctl/cluster/list/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/gtctl/cluster/list/list.go
@@ -17,45 +17,32 @@ package list
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
 	greptimedbclusterv1alpha1 "github.com/GreptimeTeam/greptimedb-operator/apis/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 
+	"github.com/GreptimeTeam/gtctl/pkg/deployer"
 	"github.com/GreptimeTeam/gtctl/pkg/deployer/k8s"
 	"github.com/GreptimeTeam/gtctl/pkg/logger"
 )
 
 func NewListClustersCommand(l logger.Logger) *cobra.Command {
+	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
+	configClustersTableView(table)
+
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "list",
 		Short: "List all GreptimeDB clusters",
 		Long:  `List all GreptimeDB clusters`,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			k8sDeployer, err := k8s.NewDeployer(l)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+			ctx := context.Background()
 
-			ctx := context.TODO()
-			clusters, err := k8sDeployer.ListGreptimeDBClusters(ctx, nil)
-			if err != nil && !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			if err := listClustersFromKubernetes(ctx, l, table); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			if errors.IsNotFound(err) || (clusters != nil && len(clusters) == 0) {
-				l.Error("clusters not found\n")
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			// TODO(zyy17): more human friendly output format.
-			for _, cluster := range clusters {
-				rawCluster, ok := cluster.Raw.(*greptimedbclusterv1alpha1.GreptimeDBCluster)
-				if !ok {
-					return fmt.Errorf("invalid cluster type")
-				}
-				l.V(0).Infof("Cluster '%s' in '%s' namespace is running, create at %s\n",
-					rawCluster.Name, rawCluster.Namespace, rawCluster.CreationTimestamp)
-			}
 
 			return nil
 		},
@@ -63,3 +50,59 @@ func NewListClustersCommand(l logger.Logger) *cobra.Command {
 
 	return cmd
 }
+
+func listClustersFromKubernetes(ctx context.Context, l logger.Logger, table *tablewriter.Table) error {
+	k8sDeployer, err := k8s.NewDeployer(l)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	clusters, err := k8sDeployer.ListGreptimeDBClusters(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil && !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+	if errors.IsNotFound(err) || (clusters != nil && len(clusters) == 0) {
+		l.Error("clusters not found\n")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := renderClustersTableView(table, clusters); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func configClustersTableView(table *tablewriter.Table) {
+	table.SetAutoWrapText(false)
+	table.SetAutoFormatHeaders(true)
+	table.SetHeaderAlignment(tablewriter.ALIGN_LEFT)
+	table.SetAlignment(tablewriter.ALIGN_LEFT)
+	table.SetCenterSeparator("")
+	table.SetColumnSeparator("")
+	table.SetRowSeparator("")
+	table.SetHeaderLine(false)
+	table.SetBorder(false)
+	table.SetTablePadding("\t")
+	table.SetNoWhiteSpace(true)
+}
+
+func renderClustersTableView(table *tablewriter.Table, clusters []*deployer.GreptimeDBCluster) error {
+	table.SetHeader([]string{"Name", "Namespace", "Creation Date"})
+
+	for _, cluster := range clusters {
+		rawCluster, ok := cluster.Raw.(*greptimedbclusterv1alpha1.GreptimeDBCluster)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid cluster type")
+		}
+		table.Append([]string{
+			rawCluster.Name,
+			rawCluster.Namespace,
+			rawCluster.CreationTimestamp.String(),
+		})
+	}
+
+	table.Render()
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/deployer/k8s/deployer.go b/pkg/deployer/k8s/deployer.go
index f19835c0..371cc295 100644
--- a/pkg/deployer/k8s/deployer.go
+++ b/pkg/deployer/k8s/deployer.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (d *deployer) CreateEtcdCluster(ctx context.Context, name string, options *
 
 	manifests, err := d.helmManager.LoadAndRenderChart(ctx, resourceName, resourceNamespace, helm.EtcdBitnamiOCIRegistry, helm.DefaultEtcdChartVersion, *options)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("error while loading helm chart: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if d.dryRun {
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ func (d *deployer) CreateEtcdCluster(ctx context.Context, name string, options *
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if err := d.client.Apply(ctx, manifests); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if err = d.client.Apply(ctx, manifests); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error while applying helm chart: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return d.client.WaitForEtcdReady(ctx, resourceName, resourceNamespace, d.timeout)