diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 411118515..e76dd09a6 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bendsql"
-version = "0.3.4"
+version = "0.3.6"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 description = "Databend Native Command Line Tool"
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index f552100bb..9ba9e5b49 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ struct Args {
 
     #[clap(
         long,
-        help = "Only show execution time without results, only works with output format `null`."
+        help = "Only show execution time without results, will implicitly set output format to `null`."
     )]
     time: bool,
 }
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ pub async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     }
     if args.time {
         settings.time = true;
+        settings.output_format = OutputFormat::Null;
     }
 
     let mut session = session::Session::try_new(dsn, settings, is_repl).await?;