diff --git a/python/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
index 03b0555c9659313866a6ffa904e8153b7ae52dfc..0642a96fb0315e625936a9074d0ae3c5a5294a79 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -100,9 +100,50 @@ istaged         = %(istaged)s
 commit          = '%(commit)s'
 with_mkl        = '%(with_mkl)s'
 
-__all__ = ['cuda', 'cudnn']
+__all__ = ['cuda', 'cudnn', 'show']
 
 def show():
+    """Get the version of paddle if `paddle` package if tagged. Otherwise, output the corresponding commit id.
+    
+    Returns:
+        If paddle package is not tagged, the commit-id of paddle will be output.
+        Otherwise, the following information will be output.
+
+        full_version: version of paddle
+
+        major: the major version of paddle
+
+        minor: the minor version of paddle
+
+        patch: the patch level version of paddle
+        
+        rc: whether it's rc version
+
+        cuda: the cuda version of package. It will return `False` if CPU version paddle package is installed
+
+        cudnn: the cudnn version of package. It will return `False` if CPU version paddle package is installed
+    
+    Examples:
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            import paddle
+
+            # Case 1: paddle is tagged with 2.2.0
+            paddle.version.show()
+            # full_version: 2.2.0
+            # major: 2
+            # minor: 2
+            # patch: 0
+            # rc: 0
+            # cuda: '10.2'
+            # cudnn: '7.6.5'
+
+            # Case 2: paddle is not tagged
+            paddle.version.show()
+            # commit: cfa357e984bfd2ffa16820e354020529df434f7d
+            # cuda: '10.2'
+            # cudnn: '7.6.5'
+    """
     if istaged:
         print('full_version:', full_version)
         print('major:', major)
@@ -111,6 +152,8 @@ def show():
         print('rc:', rc)
     else:
         print('commit:', commit)
+    print('cuda:', cuda_version)
+    print('cudnn:', cudnn_version)
 
 def mkl():
     return with_mkl