diff --git a/paddle/pten/api/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/pten/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 0491363eda78e3cd4c7001981db6e09828f2a34a..89f115524f79ae615d6bb2af65126ae754e899cc 100644
--- a/paddle/pten/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/pten/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 
-cc_library(pten_api SRCS all.cc DEPS pten_function_api pten_bw_function_api utils_api)
+cc_library(pten_api SRCS all.cc DEPS pten_function_api pten_bw_function_api manual_api)
diff --git a/paddle/pten/api/all.h b/paddle/pten/api/all.h
index 5744b18c4d27427ec242075221db180cd65ba043..bf39ee27295a47df3ea38b5cb77f3fa3cbc32faa 100644
--- a/paddle/pten/api/all.h
+++ b/paddle/pten/api/all.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ limitations under the License. */
 
 // new pten apis
 #include "paddle/pten/api/include/api.h"
+#include "paddle/pten/api/include/manual_api.h"
 #include "paddle/pten/api/include/tensor.h"
-#include "paddle/pten/api/include/utils.h"
 
 // pten common headers
 #include "paddle/pten/common/backend.h"
diff --git a/paddle/pten/api/include/utils.h b/paddle/pten/api/include/manual_api.h
similarity index 88%
rename from paddle/pten/api/include/utils.h
rename to paddle/pten/api/include/manual_api.h
index b8b955090b99a88bad56ea1c02128bce0a27fdcc..3bd7e60154d06a6f5bf2381b8c62d14bc85c2212 100644
--- a/paddle/pten/api/include/utils.h
+++ b/paddle/pten/api/include/manual_api.h
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include "paddle/pten/api/include/tensor.h"
 #include "paddle/pten/common/backend.h"
 
+/**
+ * This file stores some special APIs that are implemented manually
+ * or difficult to automatically generated.
+ */
+
 namespace paddle {
 namespace experimental {
 
diff --git a/paddle/pten/api/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/pten/api/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 3fe4baca7739e7a99ac882becaf3e4f79e8e0915..b4a9c65d55f24774280750b54f1d17b1b9643c2d 100644
--- a/paddle/pten/api/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/pten/api/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ add_subdirectory(utils)
 cc_library(ext_compat_utils SRCS ext_compat_utils.cc DEPS place)
 
 if (WITH_GPU)
-  nv_library(pten_tensor SRCS tensor.cc DEPS tensor_base dense_tensor pten_api_utils ext_compat_utils pten_enforce utils_api pten_function_api)
+  nv_library(pten_tensor SRCS tensor.cc DEPS tensor_base dense_tensor pten_api_utils ext_compat_utils pten_enforce manual_api pten_function_api)
 elseif (WITH_ROCM)
-  hip_library(pten_tensor SRCS tensor.cc DEPS tensor_base dense_tensor pten_api_utils ext_compat_utils pten_enforce utils_api pten_function_api)
+  hip_library(pten_tensor SRCS tensor.cc DEPS tensor_base dense_tensor pten_api_utils ext_compat_utils pten_enforce manual_api pten_function_api)
 else()
-  cc_library(pten_tensor SRCS tensor.cc DEPS tensor_base dense_tensor pten_api_utils ext_compat_utils pten_enforce utils_api pten_function_api)
+  cc_library(pten_tensor SRCS tensor.cc DEPS tensor_base dense_tensor pten_api_utils ext_compat_utils pten_enforce manual_api pten_function_api)
 endif()
 
 cc_library(kernel_dispatch SRCS kernel_dispatch.cc DEPS pten_tensor pten_context kernel_factory)
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ add_custom_command(
   DEPENDS ${bw_api_yaml_file} ${bw_api_gen_file}
   VERBATIM)
 
-cc_library(utils_api SRCS utils.cc DEPS pten_tensor pten kernel_dispatch)
+cc_library(manual_api SRCS manual_api.cc DEPS pten_tensor pten kernel_dispatch)
 cc_library(pten_function_api SRCS ${api_source_file} DEPS pten_tensor pten kernel_dispatch)
 cc_library(pten_bw_function_api SRCS ${bw_api_source_file} DEPS pten_tensor pten kernel_dispatch backward_infermeta pten_function_api)
diff --git a/paddle/pten/api/lib/utils.cc b/paddle/pten/api/lib/manual_api.cc
similarity index 98%
rename from paddle/pten/api/lib/utils.cc
rename to paddle/pten/api/lib/manual_api.cc
index aacbfb15ed738e222f7d99646520412891b4fc01..c7d05533bbf977e9e6ae980ddf2e38745d408d16 100644
--- a/paddle/pten/api/lib/utils.cc
+++ b/paddle/pten/api/lib/manual_api.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
-#include "paddle/pten/api/include/utils.h"
+#include "paddle/pten/api/include/manual_api.h"
 
 #include <memory>
 
diff --git a/paddle/pten/api/lib/tensor.cc b/paddle/pten/api/lib/tensor.cc
index 5ab6e5e76325b4649e9b5b46c6d9db6eb547d869..ef84e2a8c81bfdc90757b1ffba3ae12b61e3e417 100644
--- a/paddle/pten/api/lib/tensor.cc
+++ b/paddle/pten/api/lib/tensor.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "glog/logging.h"
-#include "paddle/pten/api/include/utils.h"
+#include "paddle/pten/api/include/manual_api.h"
 #include "paddle/pten/api/lib/ext_compat_utils.h"
 #include "paddle/pten/api/lib/utils/allocator.h"
 #include "paddle/pten/api/lib/utils/storage.h"
diff --git a/paddle/pten/tests/api/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/pten/tests/api/CMakeLists.txt
index e9faa22c4eb7b109d4aa62e83b58f2be7e5279fe..1da7fb9613024803dc1b5c6a7c3d3d2f3d59d093 100644
--- a/paddle/pten/tests/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/pten/tests/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 if(WITH_ROCM)
-  hip_test(test_pten_tensor SRCS test_pten_tensor.cc DEPS pten_tensor pten_function_api utils_api glog)
+  hip_test(test_pten_tensor SRCS test_pten_tensor.cc DEPS pten_tensor pten_function_api manual_api glog)
 else()
-  cc_test(test_pten_tensor SRCS test_pten_tensor.cc DEPS pten_tensor pten_function_api utils_api glog)
+  cc_test(test_pten_tensor SRCS test_pten_tensor.cc DEPS pten_tensor pten_function_api manual_api glog)
 endif()
 
 cc_test(test_pten_exception SRCS test_pten_exception.cc DEPS gtest)
diff --git a/paddle/pten/tests/api/test_to_api.cc b/paddle/pten/tests/api/test_to_api.cc
index 3a1692603ba1054d4332b246348ff00f3f090b82..641c9e186d997f5d32f679a4c8ca23b5b8c62e94 100644
--- a/paddle/pten/tests/api/test_to_api.cc
+++ b/paddle/pten/tests/api/test_to_api.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <memory>
 
-#include "paddle/pten/api/include/utils.h"
+#include "paddle/pten/api/include/manual_api.h"
 
 #include "paddle/pten/api/lib/utils/allocator.h"
 #include "paddle/pten/core/dense_tensor.h"