diff --git a/pkg/apis/compute/cloudaccount_const.go b/pkg/apis/compute/cloudaccount_const.go
index e6440a691c..d7f54fd138 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/compute/cloudaccount_const.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/compute/cloudaccount_const.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package compute
 import (
 	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/apis"
 	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/cloudprovider"
+	"yunion.io/x/onecloud/pkg/util/choices"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ const (
 	CLOUD_ACCOUNT_WIRE_LEVEL_CLUSTER    = "cluster"
 )
 
+var CLOUD_ACCOUNT_WIRE_LEVELS = choices.NewChoices(
+	CLOUD_ACCOUNT_WIRE_LEVEL_VCENTER,
+	CLOUD_ACCOUNT_WIRE_LEVEL_DATACENTER,
+	CLOUD_ACCOUNT_WIRE_LEVEL_CLUSTER,
+)
+
 const (
 	CLOUD_ACCESS_ENV_AWS_GLOBAL          = CLOUD_PROVIDER_AWS + "-int"
 	CLOUD_ACCESS_ENV_AWS_CHINA           = CLOUD_PROVIDER_AWS
diff --git a/pkg/compute/models/cloudaccounts.go b/pkg/compute/models/cloudaccounts.go
index 53c7358f7f..8837826f3a 100644
--- a/pkg/compute/models/cloudaccounts.go
+++ b/pkg/compute/models/cloudaccounts.go
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ func (scm *SCloudaccountManager) hostVMIPsPrepareNets(ctx context.Context, clien
 			}
 		}
 	default:
-		return nil, httperrors.NewInputParameterError("valid wire_level_for_vmware, accept vcenter, datacenter, cluster")
+		return nil, httperrors.NewInputParameterError("invalid wire_level_for_vmware %q, accept %s", wireLevel, api.CLOUD_ACCOUNT_WIRE_LEVELS)
 	}
 	return ret, nil
 }