diff --git a/doc/howto/cmd_parameter/detail_introduction.md b/doc/howto/cmd_parameter/detail_introduction.md
index 28fc5870d20e736a9166056f5b0c8b9f93594bd9..510396b629e398cef2ccda2f1cec474160693219 100644
--- a/doc/howto/cmd_parameter/detail_introduction.md
+++ b/doc/howto/cmd_parameter/detail_introduction.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
   - type: int32 (default: -1).
 
 * `--test_period`
-   - if equal 0, do test on all test data at the end of each pass while if equal non-zero, do test on all test data once each test_period batches passed while training is going on.
+   - if equal 0, do test on all test data at the end of each pass. While if equal non-zero, do test on all test data every test_period batches.
   - type: int32 (default: 0).
 
 * `--test_wait`
diff --git a/paddle/trainer/Trainer.cpp b/paddle/trainer/Trainer.cpp
index 2ffc3e18d96adf90c3eac114c6bc039b78363354..99bf45d247a9c61819ba92147616cb7ff75f89fb 100644
--- a/paddle/trainer/Trainer.cpp
+++ b/paddle/trainer/Trainer.cpp
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ P_DEFINE_string(config, "", "Trainer config file");
 
 P_DEFINE_int32(test_period, 0,
                "if equal 0, do test on all test data at the end of "
-               "each pass while if equal non-zero, do test on all test "
-               "data once each test_period batches passed while "
-               "training is going on");
+               "each pass. While if equal non-zero, do test on all test "
+               "data every test_period batches");
 P_DEFINE_bool(test_all_data_in_one_period, false,
                "This option was deprecated, since we will always do "
                "test on all test set ");
@@ -634,9 +633,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<TesterConfig> Trainer::createTesterConfig() {
     LOG(WARNING)
       << "The meaning of --test_period is changed: "
       << "if equal 0, do test on all test data at the end of "
-      << "each pass while if equal non-zero, do test on all test "
-      << "data once each test_period batches passed while "
-      << "training is going on";
+      << "each pass. While if equal non-zero, do test on all test "
+      << "data every test_period batches ";
   }
   if (FLAGS_test_all_data_in_one_period) {
     LOG(WARNING)