diff --git a/PaddleCV/yolov3/README.md b/PaddleCV/yolov3/README.md
index b4547b3559c0c1e5218b2e284141fb2817db626a..679eeb0ccc37e2e997b9afd68e40528ab781aed9 100644
--- a/PaddleCV/yolov3/README.md
+++ b/PaddleCV/yolov3/README.md
@@ -134,11 +134,19 @@ Evaluation is to evaluate the performance of a trained model. This sample provid
 
 - Set ```export CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0``` to specifiy one GPU to eval.
 
-Evalutaion result is shown as below:
+If train with '--syncbn=False', Evalutaion result is shown as below:
 
 |   input size  | mAP(IoU=0.50:0.95) | mAP(IoU=0.50) | mAP(IoU=0.75) |
 | :------: | :------: | :------: | :------: |
-| 608x608| 38.9 | 61.1 | 42.0 |
+| 608x608 | 37.7 | 59.8 | 40.8 |
+| 416x416 | 36.5 | 58.2 | 39.1 |
+| 320x320 | 34.1 | 55.4 | 36.3 |
+
+If train with '--syncbn=True', Evalutaion result is shown as below:
+
+|   input size  | mAP(IoU=0.50:0.95) | mAP(IoU=0.50) | mAP(IoU=0.75) |
+| :------: | :------: | :------: | :------: |
+| 608x608 | 38.9 | 61.1 | 42.0 |
 | 416x416 | 37.5 | 59.6 | 40.2 |
 | 320x320 | 34.8 | 56.4 | 36.9 |
 
diff --git a/PaddleCV/yolov3/README_cn.md b/PaddleCV/yolov3/README_cn.md
index 6bc8dd4c23f414c7d03666891ed338867a501849..583594a997175b4a331748754f1e9f7d5c6363c5 100644
--- a/PaddleCV/yolov3/README_cn.md
+++ b/PaddleCV/yolov3/README_cn.md
@@ -134,15 +134,23 @@ Train Loss
 
 - 通过设置export CUDA\_VISIBLE\_DEVICES=0指定单卡GPU评估。
 
-模型评估结果：
+若训练时指定'--syncbn=False', 模型评估精度如下:
 
 |   input size  | mAP(IoU=0.50:0.95) | mAP(IoU=0.50) | mAP(IoU=0.75) |
 | :------: | :------: | :------: | :------: |
-| 608x608| 38.9 | 61.1 | 42.0 |
+| 608x608 | 37.7 | 59.8 | 40.8 |
+| 416x416 | 36.5 | 58.2 | 39.1 |
+| 320x320 | 34.1 | 55.4 | 36.3 |
+
+若训练时指定'--syncbn=True', 模型评估精度如下:
+
+|   input size  | mAP(IoU=0.50:0.95) | mAP(IoU=0.50) | mAP(IoU=0.75) |
+| :------: | :------: | :------: | :------: |
+| 608x608 | 38.9 | 61.1 | 42.0 |
 | 416x416 | 37.5 | 59.6 | 40.2 |
 | 320x320 | 34.8 | 56.4 | 36.9 |
 
-- **注意: **评估结果基于`pycocotools`评估器，没有滤除`score < 0.05`的预测框，其他框架有此滤除操作会导致精度下降。
+- **注意：** 评估结果基于`pycocotools`评估器，没有滤除`score < 0.05`的预测框，其他框架有此滤除操作会导致精度下降。
 
 
 
diff --git a/PaddleCV/yolov3/train.py b/PaddleCV/yolov3/train.py
index 2ea618252c4eb1ea707a6f68443e0a40ecb25e1a..97d23d381dfcb732808d44a1c917db0013ee721e 100644
--- a/PaddleCV/yolov3/train.py
+++ b/PaddleCV/yolov3/train.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def train():
 
     build_strategy= fluid.BuildStrategy()
     build_strategy.memory_optimize = True
-    build_strategy.sync_batch_norm = True
+    build_strategy.sync_batch_norm = cfg.syncbn 
     compile_program = fluid.compiler.CompiledProgram(
             fluid.default_main_program()).with_data_parallel(
             loss_name=loss.name, build_strategy=build_strategy)
diff --git a/PaddleCV/yolov3/utility.py b/PaddleCV/yolov3/utility.py
index e43ac033facc8ca12f7cf46c01423be80f17a91e..3f5c3c6e21ade4188068ad25f2c6d41795dcb0a2 100644
--- a/PaddleCV/yolov3/utility.py
+++ b/PaddleCV/yolov3/utility.py
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ def parse_args():
     add_arg('no_mixup_iter',    int,    40000,  "Disable mixup in last N iter.")
     # TRAIN TEST INFER
     add_arg('input_size',       int,    608,    "Image input size of YOLOv3.")
+    add_arg('syncbn',           bool,   True,   "Whether to use synchronized batch normalization.")
     add_arg('random_shape',     bool,   True,   "Resize to random shape for train reader.")
     add_arg('valid_thresh',     float,  0.005,  "Valid confidence score for NMS.")
     add_arg('nms_thresh',       float,  0.45,   "NMS threshold.")