diff --git a/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_cn.rst b/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_cn.rst
index b19918a5f8af25bb1fe99249b98a953d77d767fb..1bc947c260d7adb75ee5a2bb10e6b91bc0be2d4c 100644
--- a/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_cn.rst
+++ b/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_cn.rst
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ PaddlePaddle的文档构建有三种方式。
     git clone https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/models.git
     git clone https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Mobile.git
 
-    docker run -it -p 8000:8000 paddlepaddle/paddlepaddle.org:latest
+    # Please specify the working directory through -v
+    docker run -it -p 8000:8000 -v `pwd`:/var/content paddlepaddle/paddlepaddle.org:latest
 
+注意: PaddlePaddle.org 会在 -v (volume) 指定的内容存储库运行命令
 之后再用网页连到http://localhost:8000就可以在网页上生成需要的文档
 编译后的文件将被存储在工作目录 <paddlepaddle working directory>/.ppo_workspace/content。
 
diff --git a/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_en.rst b/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_en.rst
index ed377375170dd34db0f1d037459dd143717c2e3a..b3ef07eb1d0012827df8e6a4f27c5fa643649492 100644
--- a/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_en.rst
+++ b/doc/howto/dev/write_docs_en.rst
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ The tool uses Docker, please install it on your system. Please check Docker offi
     git clone https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/models.git
     git clone https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Mobile.git
 
-    docker run -it -p 8000:8000 paddlepaddle/paddlepaddle.org:latest
+    # Please specify the working directory through -v
+    docker run -it -p 8000:8000 -v `pwd`:/var/content paddlepaddle/paddlepaddle.org:latest
 
+Note: PaddlePaddle.org will read the content repos specified in the -v (volume) flag of the docker run command
 Use a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000, click the buttons to compile the documentation
 The compiled documentations will be stored in <paddlepaddle working directory>/.ppo_workspace/content