diff --git a/docs/io/LogReader.md b/docs/io/LogReader.md
index f51821dd94bed58d79461a1ede976edd3b18e847..d433e6b0fe61f8312ba24e8c5891455dcb217e80 100644
--- a/docs/io/LogReader.md
+++ b/docs/io/LogReader.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ VisualDL可通过LogReader获取保存的日志中所有数据，帮助用户进
 
 ## LogReader主要方法说明
 
-### __init__(file_name)
+### __init__(file_path)
 
 #### 功能
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ VisualDL可通过LogReader获取保存的日志中所有数据，帮助用户进
 
 | 参数            | 格式    | 含义                                                         |
 | --------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| file_name       | string  | 指定要读的日志文件路径，必填|
+| file_path       | string  | 指定要读的日志文件路径，必填，注意这里与file_name不同，需填写具体路径|
 
 #### 示例
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ VisualDL可通过LogReader获取保存的日志中所有数据，帮助用户进
 ```python
 from visualdl import LogReader
 
-reader = LogReader(file_name='./log/vdlrecords.1605533348.log')
+reader = LogReader(file_path='./log/vdlrecords.1605533348.log')
 ```
 
 ### get_tags()
diff --git a/visualdl/reader/reader.py b/visualdl/reader/reader.py
index 72d27b316028b350fb0c5a52ecf06973239a414c..2d1fcc7333809ecd4dd7174b858a830be70e0076 100644
--- a/visualdl/reader/reader.py
+++ b/visualdl/reader/reader.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class LogReader(object):
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, logdir='', file_name=''):
+    def __init__(self, logdir='', file_path=''):
         """Instance of LogReader
 
         Args:
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ class LogReader(object):
 
         self.file_readers = {}
 
-        if file_name:
+        if file_path:
             self._log_data = collections.defaultdict(lambda: collections.defaultdict(list))
-            self.get_file_reader(file_name=file_name)
+            self.get_file_reader(file_path=file_path)
             remain = self.get_remain()
             self.read_log_data(remain=remain)
 
@@ -203,17 +203,17 @@ class LogReader(object):
         self.reader = self.readers[filepath]
         return self.reader
 
-    def get_file_reader(self, file_name):
+    def get_file_reader(self, file_path):
         """Get file reader for specified vdl log file.
 
         Get instance of class RecordReader base on BFile.
 
         Args:
-            file_name: Vdl log file name.
+            file_path: Vdl log file path.
         """
-        self._register_reader(file_name)
-        self.reader = self.readers[file_name]
-        self.reader.dir = file_name
+        self._register_reader(file_path)
+        self.reader = self.readers[file_path]
+        self.reader.dir = file_path
         return self.reader
 
     def _register_reader(self, path, dir=None):