diff --git a/python/paddle/nn/functional/activation.py b/python/paddle/nn/functional/activation.py
index 6acb806403ec782e664b9c173abbc29537fea3eb..2e399db2a9aba4edce5ebd42df83df16937a80d9 100644
--- a/python/paddle/nn/functional/activation.py
+++ b/python/paddle/nn/functional/activation.py
@@ -644,7 +644,11 @@ def selu(x,
 
     .. math::
 
-        selu(x) = scale * (max(0,x) + min(0, alpha * (e^{x} - 1)))
+        selu(x)= scale *
+                 \\begin{cases}
+                   x, \\text{if } x > 0 \\\\
+                   alpha * e^{x} - alpha, \\text{if } x <= 0
+                 \\end{cases}
 
     Parameters:
         x (Tensor): The input Tensor with data type float32, float64.
diff --git a/python/paddle/nn/layer/activation.py b/python/paddle/nn/layer/activation.py
index d30547ffdbe357e5524573df631d2fe02a35eb37..6ce732d95addba1af10ae38506ba0969975ae95d 100644
--- a/python/paddle/nn/layer/activation.py
+++ b/python/paddle/nn/layer/activation.py
@@ -552,7 +552,11 @@ class SELU(layers.Layer):
 
     .. math::
 
-        SELU(x) = scale * (max(0,x) + min(0, alpha * (e^{x} - 1)))
+        SELU(x)= scale *
+                 \\begin{cases}
+                   x, \\text{if } x > 0 \\\\
+                   alpha * e^{x} - alpha, \\text{if } x <= 0
+                 \\end{cases}
 
     Parameters:
         scale (float, optional): The value of scale for SELU. Default is 1.0507009873554804934193349852946