diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/layers.py b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/layers.py
index 962545093ca2a72f1d781cb1bb043f0db2a46480..09315b9d9224076d91c16a6c0b949d4ab289bf70 100644
--- a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/layers.py
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/layers.py
@@ -3680,9 +3680,10 @@ def gru_step_naive_layer(input,
         size = input.size / 3
 
     if bias_attr and bias_attr.attr.get("parameter_name", None) is not None:
-        raise ValueError("You should not specify the name of bias parameters. "
-                         "Otherwise, the three bias will share the same "
-                         "parameter matrix.")
+        raise ValueError("You should not specify the field `name` in bias_attr."
+                         " Otherwise, the three biases, which correponding to "
+                         " the two gates and the mixed layer for computing Wx+b"
+                         ", will share the same parameter matrix unexpectedly.")
 
     def __gate__(gate_name, offset):
         with mixed_layer(