diff --git a/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_cn.rst b/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_cn.rst
index dfe6219d8ee12dde02e3131cd515f62b8701eff0..c8dd3d507f2537be2d45b9ec65956e5294daa354 100644
--- a/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_cn.rst
+++ b/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_cn.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PaddlePaddle的文档构建有直接构建和基于Docker构建两种方式。
 
 使用Docker构建PaddlePaddle的文档，需要在系统里先安装好Docker工具包。Docker安装请参考 `Docker的官网 <https://docs.docker.com/>`_ 。安装好Docker之后可以使用源码目录下的脚本构建文档，即
 
-..	code-block:: bash
+..  code-block:: bash
 
     cd TO_YOUR_PADDLE_CLONE_PATH
     bash paddle/scripts/tools/build_docs.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PaddlePaddle的文档构建有直接构建和基于Docker构建两种方式。
 
 因为PaddlePaddle的v2 api文档生成过程依赖于py_paddle Python包，用户需要首先确认py_paddle包已经安装。
 
-..	code-block:: bash
+..  code-block:: bash
 
     python -c "import py_paddle"
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ PaddlePaddle的文档构建有直接构建和基于Docker构建两种方式。
 
 如果提示正确，可以执行以下命令编译生成文档，即
 
-..	code-block:: bash
+..  code-block:: bash
 
     cd TO_YOUR_PADDLE_CLONE_PATH
     mkdir build_doc
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@ PaddlePaddle文档使用 `sphinx`_ 自动生成，用户可以参考sphinx教程
 
 
 
-..	_cmake: https://cmake.org/
-..	_sphinx: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/1.4.8/
+..  _cmake: https://cmake.org/
+..  _sphinx: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/1.4.8/
diff --git a/paddle/scripts/docker/build.sh b/paddle/scripts/docker/build.sh
index 73f885c1e70feee59b3b4fa41c7c1532ffc4c932..6fce3b73dcdf5be886bd094e0cce07301a66911d 100644
--- a/paddle/scripts/docker/build.sh
+++ b/paddle/scripts/docker/build.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,13 @@ if [ ${WITH_DOC} == "ON" ]; then
           -DWITH_SWIG_PY=ON \
           -DWITH_STYLE_CHECK=OFF
     make paddle_docs paddle_docs_cn
+    $DOC_DIR=/paddle/paddle/scripts/tools/build_docs/
+    mkdir -p $DOC_DIR/doc
+    mkdir -p $DOC_DIR/doc_cn
+    cp -r /paddle/build_doc/doc/doc/en/html/* $DOC_DIR/doc
+    cp -r /paddle/build_doc/doc/cn/html/* $DOC_DIR/doc_cn
     popd
+    rm -rf /paddle/build_doc
 fi
 # generate deb package for current build
 # FIXME(typhoonzero): should we remove paddle/scripts/deb ?
diff --git a/paddle/scripts/tools/build_docs/build_docs.sh b/paddle/scripts/tools/build_docs/build_docs.sh
index fb8c26a69ad65c7f90b06d8b36d51b6d779cf76e..61db773d88bc13072124b614c40f1815a0f6eef7 100755
--- a/paddle/scripts/tools/build_docs/build_docs.sh
+++ b/paddle/scripts/tools/build_docs/build_docs.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,37 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
-docker run --rm -v $PWD:/paddle -e "WITH_GPU=OFF" -e "WITH_AVX=ON" -e "WITH_DOC=ON" paddledev/paddle:dev
+function usage(){
+        echo "usage: build_doc [--help] [<args>]"
+        echo "This script generates doc and doc_cn in the script's directory."
+        echo "These are common commands used in various situations:"
+        echo "    with_docker       build doc and doc_cn with docker"
+        echo "    local             build doc and doc_cn locally"
+}
+
+
+MYDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR=$MYDIR/../../../../
+case "$1" in
+    "with_docker")
+        docker run --rm -v $PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR:/paddle \
+            -e "WITH_GPU=OFF" -e "WITH_AVX=ON" -e "WITH_DOC=ON" paddledev/paddle:dev
+        ;;
+    "local")
+        mkdir -p $MYDIR/doc
+        mkdir -p $MYDIR/doc_cn
+        mkdir -p $PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR/build_doc
+        pushd $PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR/build_doc
+        cmake .. -DWITH_DOC=ON
+        make paddle_docs paddle_docs_cn
+        cp -r $PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR/build_doc/doc/en/html/* $MYDIR/doc
+        cp -r $PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR/build_doc/doc/cn/html/* $MYDIR/doc_cn
+        popd
+        rm -rf $PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR/build_doc
+        ;;
+    "--help")
+        usage
+        ;;
+    *)
+        usage
+        ;;
+esac