diff --git a/doc/design/simple_op_design.md b/doc/design/simple_op_design.md
index 5e07c29c56d21728599195d420d3222213d77e7c..fded4a68612396a262121a5a886a8ae573dfa662 100644
--- a/doc/design/simple_op_design.md
+++ b/doc/design/simple_op_design.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class CosineOp {
 struct CosineOpProtoMaker : public OpProtoMaker {
 	CosineOpProtoMaker(OpProto* proto) : OpProtoMaker(proto) {
 		AddInput("input", "input of cosine op");
-		AddAttr("scale", "scale of cosine op", float).Default(1.0).LargerThan(0.0);
+		AddAttr("scale", "scale of cosine op", float).Default(1.0).GreaterThan(0.0);
 		AddType("cos");
 		AddComment("This is cos op");
 	}
diff --git a/paddle/framework/attribute.h b/paddle/framework/attribute.h
index bb9120ed976b4f03857b912e6ce40972e9a9d17a..6968ffd838e070084a0ba585c84f6977f620f974 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/attribute.h
+++ b/paddle/framework/attribute.h
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ Attribute GetAttrValue(const OpDesc::Attr& attr_desc);
 
 // check whether a value(attribute) fit a certain limit
 template <typename T>
-class LargerThanChecker {
+class GreaterThanChecker {
  public:
-  explicit LargerThanChecker(T lower_bound) : lower_bound_(lower_bound) {}
+  explicit GreaterThanChecker(T lower_bound) : lower_bound_(lower_bound) {}
   void operator()(T& value) const {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(value > lower_bound_, "larger_than check fails.");
   }
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ class TypedAttrChecker {
     return *this;
   }
 
-  TypedAttrChecker& LargerThan(const T& lower_bound) {
-    value_checkers_.push_back(LargerThanChecker<T>(lower_bound));
+  TypedAttrChecker& GreaterThan(const T& lower_bound) {
+    value_checkers_.push_back(GreaterThanChecker<T>(lower_bound));
     return *this;
   }
 
diff --git a/paddle/framework/op_registry_test.cc b/paddle/framework/op_registry_test.cc
index 0e2fb27b653e88846c71a025e694bfe3d4613641..e00c6e8d904508ec9985537fc703c7c61a14e0de 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/op_registry_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/framework/op_registry_test.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class CosineOpProtoAndCheckerMaker : public OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
     AddOutput("output", "output of cosine op");
     AddAttr<float>("scale", "scale of cosine op")
         .SetDefault(1.0)
-        .LargerThan(0.0);
+        .GreaterThan(0.0);
     AddComment("This is cos op");
   }
 };
diff --git a/paddle/framework/operator_test.cc b/paddle/framework/operator_test.cc
index 8a1970c7a8aa5f76abed49bfde445fc743544e66..20bbb11896a4c6f11079669f0b25773f6460594d 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/operator_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/framework/operator_test.cc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class OpKernelTestProtoAndCheckerMaker : public OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
     AddOutput("y", "output of test op");
     AddAttr<float>("scale", "scale of cosine op")
         .SetDefault(1.0)
-        .LargerThan(0.0);
+        .GreaterThan(0.0);
     AddComment("This is test op");
   }
 };
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class OpKernelTestMultiInputsProtoAndCheckerMaker
     AddOutput("ys", "outputs of test op").AsDuplicable();
     AddAttr<float>("scale", "scale of cosine op")
         .SetDefault(1.0)
-        .LargerThan(0.0);
+        .GreaterThan(0.0);
     AddComment("This is test op");
   }
 };