diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/metrics.py b/python/paddle/fluid/metrics.py
index 7f9e958a8e21297d7e7bf7046a9738408a11b7a9..bb9c6fdc60089fc2b43573a6421a6f9781d2d4a8 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/metrics.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/metrics.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class CompositeMetric(MetricBase):
         super(CompositeMetric, self).__init__(name, kwargs)
         self._metrics = []
 
-    def update(self, metric):
+    def add_metric(self, metric):
         if not isinstance(metric, MetricBase):
             raise ValueError("SubMetric should be inherit from MetricBase.")
         self._metrics.append(metric)