diff --git a/doc/yaml.md b/doc/yaml.md
index 9ebbf719172b5d8e44e7a85a4f1d58cea3ed664d..a369590941e447f3d25aee522957941822c149c4 100644
--- a/doc/yaml.md
+++ b/doc/yaml.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 |             class             |    string    | train(默认) / infer / local_cluster / cluster |    是    |           指定运行runner的类别（单机/分布式， 训练/预测）            |
 |            device             |    string    |                cpu(默认) / gpu                |    否    |                             程序执行设备                             |
 |          fleet_mode           |    string    |         ps(默认) / pslib / collective         |    否    |                            分布式运行模式                            |
-|        selsected_gpus         |    string    |                   "0"(默认)                   |    否    | 程序运行GPU卡号，若以"0,1"的方式指定多卡，则会默认启用collective模式 |
+|         selected_gpus         |    string    |                   "0"(默认)                   |    否    | 程序运行GPU卡号，若以"0,1"的方式指定多卡，则会默认启用collective模式 |
 |          worker_num           |     int      |                    1(默认)                    |    否    |                     参数服务器模式下worker的数量                     |
 |          server_num           |     int      |                    1(默认)                    |    否    |                     参数服务器模式下server的数量                     |
 |      distribute_strategy      |    string    |        async(默认)/sync/half_async/geo        |    否    |                    参数服务器模式下训练模式的选择                    |
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 881abcc6ae6bc8022d76b9672a9fabb424ebcebf..7d703178446913df89447028a8e3a44210da12ba 100755
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def get_engine(args, running_config, mode):
 
     engine_class = ".".join(["runner", mode, "class"])
     engine_device = ".".join(["runner", mode, "device"])
-    device_gpu_choices = ".".join(["runner", mode, "device", "selected_gpus"])
+    device_gpu_choices = ".".join(["runner", mode, "selected_gpus"])
 
     engine = running_config.get(engine_class, None)
     if engine is None:
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def get_engine(args, running_config, mode):
             print(
                 "not find selected_gpus be specified in yaml, set `0` as default"
             )
-            selected_gpus = ["0"]
+            selected_gpus = "0"
         else:
             print("selected_gpus {} will be specified for running".format(
                 selected_gpus))