diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7812ac02837895a32fcad36158814268e93a4da8..b5a00bb2ca0ecaa2d995da842f4774dd2b06d90d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ addons:
       - lcov
       - graphviz
 before_install:
+  - |
+    if [ ${JOB} == "BUILD_AND_TEST" ]; then
+      if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]; then
+        TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE="FETCH_HEAD...$TRAVIS_BRANCH"
+      fi
+      git diff --name-only $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE | grep -qvE '(\.md$)' || {
+        echo "Only markdown docs were updated, stopping build process."
+        exit
+      }
+    fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then sudo paddle/scripts/travis/before_install.linux.sh; fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then paddle/scripts/travis/before_install.osx.sh; fi
   - pip install wheel protobuf sphinx breathe recommonmark
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66767d7ff8e4acf8ef246f7e0129a66e64486727..81ff8c7122ab8f1e39ef14a056532bb85cc57c77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ developed by Baidu scientists and engineers for the purpose of applying deep
 learning to many products at Baidu.
 
 Our vision is to enable deep learning for everyone via PaddlePaddle.
-Please refer to our [release log](https://github.com/baidu/Paddle/releases) to track the latest feature of PaddlePaddle. 
+Please refer to our [release announcement](https://github.com/baidu/Paddle/releases) to track the latest feature of PaddlePaddle. 
 
 ## Features