diff --git a/tools/train.py b/tools/train.py
index 2745c7f7f2bf7cd924050c03effe687d77e8ea28..159cacc586f4a1fd20bd333c25603b6138a347fd 100644
--- a/tools/train.py
+++ b/tools/train.py
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ def main():
 
     # check if set use_gpu=True in paddlepaddle cpu version
     check_gpu(cfg.use_gpu)
-    print_total_cfg(cfg)
+    if not FLAGS.dist or trainer_id == 0:
+        print_total_cfg(cfg)
 
     if cfg.use_gpu:
         devices_num = fluid.core.get_cuda_device_count()