diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/control_flow.py b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/control_flow.py
index 08c52390e979b002d8d2b69a89c1e513aefeba76..a055cea1bfcc626264068615449f56492592cff2 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/control_flow.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/control_flow.py
@@ -455,9 +455,25 @@ def lod_rank_table(x, level=0):
 
 
 def max_sequence_len(rank_table):
-    """
-    This function creates an operator to calculate the length of
-    max seqence through input rank_table(should be a lod_rank_table)
+    """Max Sequence Len Operator. Given a LoDRankTable object, this layer
+    returns the max length of a batch of sequences. In fact, a LoDRankTable
+    object contains a list of tuples(<sequence index, sequence length>) and
+    the list is already sorted by sequence length in descending order, so the
+    operator just returns the sequence length of the first tuple element.
+
+    Args:
+        rank_table (Variable): Input variable which is a LoDRankTable object.
+
+    Returns:
+        Variable: The max length of sequence.
+
+    Examples:
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            x = fluid.layers.data(name='x', shape=[10],
+                            dtype='float32', lod_level=1)
+            rank_table = layers.lod_rank_table(x=x, level=0)
+            max_seq_len = layers.max_sequence_len(rank_table)
     """
     helper = LayerHelper("max_seqence_len", **locals())
     res = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype="int64")