diff --git a/paddle/framework/lod_tensor.cc b/paddle/framework/lod_tensor.cc
index 908a1f2fd0abe0aa4016c72dbcbc18dcc144232c..3c349637cdbe59b2cf9a1ea28e7715f4181f9293 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/lod_tensor.cc
+++ b/paddle/framework/lod_tensor.cc
@@ -72,20 +72,16 @@ bool operator==(const LoD& a, const LoD& b) {
   return true;
 }
 
-void LoDTensor::SliceLevels(size_t level_begin, size_t level_end) {
+void LoDTensor::ShrinkLevels(size_t level_begin, size_t level_end) {
   auto new_lod = framework::SliceLevels(lod_, level_begin, level_end);
   lod_ = new_lod;
 }
 
-void LoDTensor::SliceInLevel(size_t level, size_t elem_begin, size_t elem_end) {
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE(level < NumLevels(), "level [%d] out of range [%d]", level,
-                 NumLevels());
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE(elem_begin < NumElements(level),
-                 "element begin [%d] out of range [%d]", elem_begin,
-                 NumElements(level));
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE(elem_end < NumElements(level) + 1,
-                 "element end [%d] out of range [%d]", elem_end,
-                 NumElements(level));
+void LoDTensor::ShrinkInLevel(size_t level, size_t elem_begin,
+                              size_t elem_end) {
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(level, NumLevels());
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(elem_begin, NumElements(level));
+  PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(elem_end, NumElements(level) + 1);
 
   auto new_lod = framework::SliceInLevel(lod_, level, elem_begin, elem_end);
   lod_ = new_lod;
diff --git a/paddle/framework/lod_tensor.h b/paddle/framework/lod_tensor.h
index fac5cd20aa7f9db0792f8102bb442192ab1ad63f..82f58464264c6871b51251e0feae3d5ca076cd2b 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/lod_tensor.h
+++ b/paddle/framework/lod_tensor.h
@@ -89,15 +89,15 @@ class LoDTensor : public Tensor {
   }
 
   /*
-   * Slice of levels[level_begin:level_end]
+   * Shrink levels[level_begin:level_end]
    */
-  void SliceLevels(size_t level_begin, size_t level_end);
+  void ShrinkLevels(size_t level_begin, size_t level_end);
 
   /*
-   * Slice of elements of a level, [elem_begin: elem_end]
+   * Shrink elements of a level, [elem_begin: elem_end]
    * @note: low performance in slice lod_.
    */
-  void SliceInLevel(size_t level, size_t elem_begin, size_t elem_end);
+  void ShrinkInLevel(size_t level, size_t elem_begin, size_t elem_end);
 
  private:
   LoD lod_;
diff --git a/paddle/framework/lod_tensor_test.cc b/paddle/framework/lod_tensor_test.cc
index 7915326b27a22e9280e3f09d9bbfc2a58f46aff7..486b839738ec077545163bc47e6a97ef188c3c2f 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/lod_tensor_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/framework/lod_tensor_test.cc
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ TEST_F(LoDTensorTester, NumElements) {
   ASSERT_EQ(lod_tensor_.NumElements(2), 8UL);
 }
 
-TEST_F(LoDTensorTester, SliceLevels) {
+TEST_F(LoDTensorTester, ShrinkLevels) {
   // slice 1 level
   for (size_t level = 0; level < 3UL; ++level) {
     LoDTensor new_lod_tensor = lod_tensor_;
-    new_lod_tensor.SliceLevels(level, level + 1);
+    new_lod_tensor.ShrinkLevels(level, level + 1);
     ASSERT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.NumLevels(), 1UL);
     ASSERT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.NumElements(0), lod_tensor_.NumElements(level));
     ASSERT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.data<float>(), lod_tensor_.data<float>());
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ TEST_F(LoDTensorTester, SliceLevels) {
   // slice 2 level
   for (size_t level = 0; level < 2UL; ++level) {
     LoDTensor new_lod_tensor = lod_tensor_;
-    new_lod_tensor.SliceLevels(level, level + 2);
+    new_lod_tensor.ShrinkLevels(level, level + 2);
     ASSERT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.NumLevels(), 2UL);
     ASSERT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.NumElements(0), lod_tensor_.NumElements(level));
     ASSERT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.NumElements(1),
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ TEST_F(LoDTensorTester, SliceLevels) {
   }
 }
 
-TEST_F(LoDTensorTester, SliceInLevel) {
+TEST_F(LoDTensorTester, ShrinkInLevel) {
   size_t level = 0;
   LoDTensor new_lod_tensor = lod_tensor_;
-  new_lod_tensor.SliceInLevel(level, 0, 2);
+  new_lod_tensor.ShrinkInLevel(level, 0, 2);
   EXPECT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.NumLevels(), 3UL);
   EXPECT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.NumElements(0), 2UL);
   EXPECT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.NumElements(1), 4UL);
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ TEST_F(LoDTensorTester, SliceInLevel) {
 
   level = 1;
   new_lod_tensor = lod_tensor_;
-  new_lod_tensor.SliceInLevel(level, 0, 2);
+  new_lod_tensor.ShrinkInLevel(level, 0, 2);
   ASSERT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.NumLevels(), 2UL);
   ASSERT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.NumElements(0), 2UL);
   ASSERT_EQ(new_lod_tensor.NumElements(1), 4UL);