diff --git a/paddle/fluid/API.spec b/paddle/fluid/API.spec
index 16e020f147be387500834cffcb1dc99537bf437c..9e521dd51ec7b63a7af87fc29504d1eff9743380 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/API.spec
+++ b/paddle/fluid/API.spec
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ paddle.fluid.default_main_program (ArgSpec(args=[], varargs=None, keywords=None,
 paddle.fluid.program_guard (ArgSpec(args=['main_program', 'startup_program'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', '78fb5c7f70ef76bcf4a1862c3f6b8191'))
 paddle.fluid.name_scope (ArgSpec(args=['prefix'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', '61660461e1f44e0480ca22fa8a482c41'))
 paddle.fluid.cuda_places (ArgSpec(args=['device_ids'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', '7f3068b82fc427bfa04b1af953610992'))
-paddle.fluid.cpu_places (ArgSpec(args=['device_count'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', '8b674e9a7ac7944c27fd853b675c2cb2'))
+paddle.fluid.cpu_places (ArgSpec(args=['device_count'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', 'dad57e8624794766d770cea905dec1c2'))
 paddle.fluid.cuda_pinned_places (ArgSpec(args=['device_count'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,)), ('document', 'cc83b6c5ba8be38ff3ee87e9cec9de5f'))
 paddle.fluid.in_dygraph_mode (ArgSpec(args=[], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', 'eddb7a1f0083dcc70e9f6c71ee003cb9'))
+paddle.fluid.is_compiled_with_cuda (ArgSpec(args=[], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', '60c7f107a5050aeb58bb74eb175672b5'))
 paddle.fluid.Executor.__init__ (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'place'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', '6adf97f83acf6453d4a6a4b1070f3754'))
 paddle.fluid.Executor.close (ArgSpec(args=['self'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None), ('document', '3a584496aa1343f36eebf3c46b323a74'))
 paddle.fluid.Executor.infer_from_dataset (ArgSpec(args=['self', 'program', 'dataset', 'scope', 'thread', 'debug', 'fetch_list', 'fetch_info', 'print_period'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None, None, None, 0, False, None, None, 100)), ('document', 'bedc29ad01c1b911e99032ee1e19ac59'))
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py b/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
index 1ddc2654d44da3c2daa5ed3810dde5c68b377e1d..08504b922d283e8722f7ca17631450f032f6e590 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ __all__ = [
     'cpu_places',
     'cuda_pinned_places',
     'in_dygraph_mode',
+    'is_compiled_with_cuda',
 ]
 
 EMPTY_VAR_NAME = core.kEmptyVarName()
@@ -102,6 +103,21 @@ def _cuda_ids():
     return device_ids
 
 
+def is_compiled_with_cuda():
+    """
+    Whether this whl package can be used to run the model on GPU.
+
+    Returns (bool): support gpu or not.
+
+    Examples:
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            import paddle.fluid as fluid
+            support_gpu = fluid.is_compiled_with_cuda()
+    """
+    return core.is_compiled_with_cuda()
+
+
 def cuda_places(device_ids=None):
     """
     Create a list of :code:`fluid.CUDAPlace` objects.
@@ -145,8 +161,8 @@ def cpu_places(device_count=None):
     
     If :code:`device_count` is None, the device count would
     be determined by environment variable :code:`CPU_NUM`. 
-    If :code:`CPU_NUM` is not set, the device count would
-    be determined by :code:`multiprocessing.cpu_count()`. 
+    If :code:`CPU_NUM` is not set, the default value is 1,
+    i.e. CPU_NUM=1.
 
     Args:
         device_count (None|int): device number.