diff --git a/planner/core/exhaust_physical_plans.go b/planner/core/exhaust_physical_plans.go
index 7df829237750f..6ab0470318727 100644
--- a/planner/core/exhaust_physical_plans.go
+++ b/planner/core/exhaust_physical_plans.go
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ func (p *LogicalJoin) tryToGetIndexJoin(prop *property.PhysicalProperty) (indexJ
 			// Construct warning message prefix.
 			errMsg := "Optimizer Hint TIDB_INLJ is inapplicable"
 			if p.hintInfo != nil {
-				errMsg = fmt.Sprintf("Optimizer Hint %s is inapplicable", p.hintInfo.restore2IndexJoinHint())
+				errMsg = fmt.Sprintf("Optimizer Hint %s is inapplicable", restore2JoinHint(TiDBIndexNestedLoopJoin, p.hintInfo.indexNestedLoopJoinTables))
 			}
 
 			// Append inapplicable reason.
diff --git a/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go b/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go
index ee4b1084e8d0b..0a5b061076eb7 100644
--- a/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go
+++ b/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go
@@ -1613,15 +1613,15 @@ func (b *planBuilder) unfoldWildStar(p LogicalPlan, selectFields []*ast.SelectFi
 }
 
 func (b *planBuilder) pushTableHints(hints []*ast.TableOptimizerHint) bool {
-	var sortMergeTables, INLJTables, hashJoinTables []model.CIStr
+	var sortMergeTables, INLJTables, hashJoinTables []hintTableInfo
 	for _, hint := range hints {
 		switch hint.HintName.L {
 		case TiDBMergeJoin:
-			sortMergeTables = append(sortMergeTables, hint.Tables...)
+			sortMergeTables = tableNames2HintTableInfo(hint.Tables)
 		case TiDBIndexNestedLoopJoin:
-			INLJTables = append(INLJTables, hint.Tables...)
+			INLJTables = tableNames2HintTableInfo(hint.Tables)
 		case TiDBHashJoin:
-			hashJoinTables = append(hashJoinTables, hint.Tables...)
+			hashJoinTables = tableNames2HintTableInfo(hint.Tables)
 		default:
 			// ignore hints that not implemented
 		}
@@ -1638,9 +1638,23 @@ func (b *planBuilder) pushTableHints(hints []*ast.TableOptimizerHint) bool {
 }
 
 func (b *planBuilder) popTableHints() {
+	hintInfo := b.tableHintInfo[len(b.tableHintInfo)-1]
+	b.appendUnmatchedJoinHintWarning(TiDBIndexNestedLoopJoin, hintInfo.indexNestedLoopJoinTables)
+	b.appendUnmatchedJoinHintWarning(TiDBMergeJoin, hintInfo.sortMergeJoinTables)
+	b.appendUnmatchedJoinHintWarning(TiDBHashJoin, hintInfo.hashJoinTables)
 	b.tableHintInfo = b.tableHintInfo[:len(b.tableHintInfo)-1]
 }
 
+func (b *planBuilder) appendUnmatchedJoinHintWarning(joinType string, hintTables []hintTableInfo) {
+	unMatchedTables := extractUnmatchedTables(hintTables)
+	if len(unMatchedTables) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("There are no matching table names for (%s) in optimizer hint %s. Maybe you can use the table alias name",
+		strings.Join(unMatchedTables, ", "), restore2JoinHint(joinType, hintTables))
+	b.ctx.GetSessionVars().StmtCtx.AppendWarning(ErrInternal.GenWithStack(errMsg))
+}
+
 // TableHints returns the *tableHintInfo of PlanBuilder.
 func (b *planBuilder) TableHints() *tableHintInfo {
 	if len(b.tableHintInfo) == 0 {
diff --git a/planner/core/physical_plan_test.go b/planner/core/physical_plan_test.go
index 97d3cb82cddbd..e0904336d8fa8 100644
--- a/planner/core/physical_plan_test.go
+++ b/planner/core/physical_plan_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/planner/core"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/session"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx/stmtctx"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/testleak"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
@@ -1334,3 +1335,57 @@ func (s *testPlanSuite) TestDoSubquery(c *C) {
 		c.Assert(core.ToString(p), Equals, tt.best, comment)
 	}
 }
+
+func (s *testPlanSuite) TestUnmatchedTableInHint(c *C) {
+	defer testleak.AfterTest(c)()
+	store, dom, err := newStoreWithBootstrap()
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	defer func() {
+		dom.Close()
+		store.Close()
+	}()
+	se, err := session.CreateSession4Test(store)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	_, err = se.Execute(context.Background(), "use test")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	tests := []struct {
+		sql     string
+		warning string
+	}{
+		{
+			sql:     "SELECT /*+ TIDB_SMJ(t3, t4) */ * from t t1, t t2 where t1.a = t2.a",
+			warning: "[planner:1815]There are no matching table names for (t3, t4) in optimizer hint /*+ TIDB_SMJ(t3, t4) */. Maybe you can use the table alias name",
+		},
+		{
+			sql:     "SELECT /*+ TIDB_HJ(t3, t4) */ * from t t1, t t2 where t1.a = t2.a",
+			warning: "[planner:1815]There are no matching table names for (t3, t4) in optimizer hint /*+ TIDB_HJ(t3, t4) */. Maybe you can use the table alias name",
+		},
+		{
+			sql:     "SELECT /*+ TIDB_INLJ(t3, t4) */ * from t t1, t t2 where t1.a = t2.a",
+			warning: "[planner:1815]There are no matching table names for (t3, t4) in optimizer hint /*+ TIDB_INLJ(t3, t4) */. Maybe you can use the table alias name",
+		},
+		{
+			sql:     "SELECT /*+ TIDB_SMJ(t1, t2) */ * from t t1, t t2 where t1.a = t2.a",
+			warning: "",
+		},
+		{
+			sql:     "SELECT /*+ TIDB_SMJ(t3, t4) */ * from t t1, t t2, t t3 where t1.a = t2.a and t2.a = t3.a",
+			warning: "[planner:1815]There are no matching table names for (t4) in optimizer hint /*+ TIDB_SMJ(t3, t4) */. Maybe you can use the table alias name",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		se.GetSessionVars().StmtCtx.SetWarnings(nil)
+		stmt, err := s.ParseOneStmt(test.sql, "", "")
+		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+		_, err = core.Optimize(se, stmt, s.is)
+		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+		warnings := se.GetSessionVars().StmtCtx.GetWarnings()
+		if test.warning == "" {
+			c.Assert(len(warnings), Equals, 0)
+		} else {
+			c.Assert(len(warnings), Equals, 1)
+			c.Assert(warnings[0].Level, Equals, stmtctx.WarnLevelWarning)
+			c.Assert(warnings[0].Err.Error(), Equals, test.warning)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/planner/core/planbuilder.go b/planner/core/planbuilder.go
index 958eee8fc3e47..205754a0e1db8 100644
--- a/planner/core/planbuilder.go
+++ b/planner/core/planbuilder.go
@@ -45,9 +45,25 @@ type visitInfo struct {
 }
 
 type tableHintInfo struct {
-	indexNestedLoopJoinTables []model.CIStr
-	sortMergeJoinTables       []model.CIStr
-	hashJoinTables            []model.CIStr
+	indexNestedLoopJoinTables []hintTableInfo
+	sortMergeJoinTables       []hintTableInfo
+	hashJoinTables            []hintTableInfo
+}
+
+type hintTableInfo struct {
+	name    model.CIStr
+	matched bool
+}
+
+func tableNames2HintTableInfo(tableNames []model.CIStr) []hintTableInfo {
+	if len(tableNames) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	hintTables := make([]hintTableInfo, 0, len(tableNames))
+	for _, tableName := range tableNames {
+		hintTables = append(hintTables, hintTableInfo{name: tableName})
+	}
+	return hintTables
 }
 
 func (info *tableHintInfo) ifPreferMergeJoin(tableNames ...*model.CIStr) bool {
@@ -70,25 +86,30 @@ func (info *tableHintInfo) ifPreferINLJ(tableNames ...*model.CIStr) bool {
 // Which it joins on with depend on sequence of traverse
 // and without reorder, user might adjust themselves.
 // This is similar to MySQL hints.
-func (info *tableHintInfo) matchTableName(tables []*model.CIStr, tablesInHints []model.CIStr) bool {
+func (info *tableHintInfo) matchTableName(tables []*model.CIStr, hintTables []hintTableInfo) bool {
+	hintMatched := false
 	for _, tableName := range tables {
 		if tableName == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		for _, curEntry := range tablesInHints {
-			if curEntry.L == tableName.L {
-				return true
+		for i, curEntry := range hintTables {
+			if curEntry.name.L == tableName.L {
+				hintTables[i].matched = true
+				hintMatched = true
+				break
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return false
+	return hintMatched
 }
 
-func (info *tableHintInfo) restore2IndexJoinHint() string {
-	buffer := bytes.NewBufferString("/*+ TIDB_INLJ(")
-	for i, tableName := range info.indexNestedLoopJoinTables {
-		buffer.WriteString(tableName.O)
-		if i < len(info.indexNestedLoopJoinTables)-1 {
+func restore2JoinHint(hintType string, hintTables []hintTableInfo) string {
+	buffer := bytes.NewBufferString("/*+ ")
+	buffer.WriteString(strings.ToUpper(hintType))
+	buffer.WriteString("(")
+	for i, table := range hintTables {
+		buffer.WriteString(table.name.L)
+		if i < len(hintTables)-1 {
 			buffer.WriteString(", ")
 		}
 	}
@@ -96,6 +117,16 @@ func (info *tableHintInfo) restore2IndexJoinHint() string {
 	return buffer.String()
 }
 
+func extractUnmatchedTables(hintTables []hintTableInfo) []string {
+	var tableNames []string
+	for _, table := range hintTables {
+		if !table.matched {
+			tableNames = append(tableNames, table.name.O)
+		}
+	}
+	return tableNames
+}
+
 // clauseCode indicates in which clause the column is currently.
 type clauseCode int