diff --git a/doc/fluid/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/fluid/CMakeLists.txt
index fbf654ada8623b4db954ac8c93df9b3f5ca0caa8..9fe79323ef9377a459d8405cfa74c88c52ce9346 100644
--- a/doc/fluid/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/fluid/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ sphinx_add_target(paddle_fluid_docs
                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                   ${SPHINX_HTML_DIR_EN})
 
+add_dependencies(paddle_fluid_docs gen_proto_py)
+
 # configured documentation tools and intermediate build results
 set(BINARY_BUILD_DIR_CN "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cn/_build")
 
@@ -48,4 +50,6 @@ sphinx_add_target(paddle_fluid_docs_cn
                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                   ${SPHINX_HTML_DIR_CN})
 
+add_dependencies(paddle_fluid_docs_cn gen_proto_py)
+
 add_subdirectory(api)
diff --git a/doc/fluid/api/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/fluid/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 1627b963f38a8a9dc59bb5e95e1b3fa4a2ab7a68..ca40dfb9644cea69329be0ec231378506c138bc0 100644
--- a/doc/fluid/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/fluid/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ sphinx_add_target(paddle_fluid_apis
                   ${SPHINX_CACHE_DIR_EN}
                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                   ${SPHINX_HTML_DIR_EN})
+
+add_dependencies(paddle_fluid_apis  gen_proto_py framework_py_proto copy_paddle_pybind)
diff --git a/doc/v2/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/v2/CMakeLists.txt
index 48c9cf732776c495764adfeb50bd1b535d583e3a..82de7a3a3e1ca7724e1eda877d53454a4fa4129a 100644
--- a/doc/v2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/v2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ sphinx_add_target(paddle_v2_docs
                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                   ${SPHINX_HTML_DIR_EN})
 
+add_dependencies(paddle_v2_docs gen_proto_py)
+
 # configured documentation tools and intermediate build results
 set(BINARY_BUILD_DIR_CN "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cn/_build")
 
@@ -48,4 +50,6 @@ sphinx_add_target(paddle_v2_docs_cn
                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                   ${SPHINX_HTML_DIR_CN})
 
+add_dependencies(paddle_v2_docs_cn gen_proto_py)
+
 add_subdirectory(api)
diff --git a/doc/v2/api/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/v2/api/CMakeLists.txt
index a265a1b6f3a832fa9e84bcf9661540b68965580e..da1eafc02ed8cd155d4f0f1fbadcb7b237b6fcc1 100644
--- a/doc/v2/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/v2/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ sphinx_add_target(paddle_v2_apis
                   ${SPHINX_CACHE_DIR_EN}
                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                   ${SPHINX_HTML_DIR_EN})
+
+add_dependencies(paddle_v2_apis  gen_proto_py framework_py_proto copy_paddle_pybind)
diff --git a/paddle/scripts/docker/build.sh b/paddle/scripts/docker/build.sh
index 322f72e4a58c7e8f2c26d994477cbb55551c595a..2309dc40cc2059ea3a4844dc004dbcbee8c337c3 100755
--- a/paddle/scripts/docker/build.sh
+++ b/paddle/scripts/docker/build.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ EOF
             -DWITH_STYLE_CHECK=OFF
         make -j `nproc` gen_proto_py framework_py_proto
         make -j `nproc` copy_paddle_pybind
-        make -j `nproc` paddle_docs paddle_docs_cn paddle_api_docs
+        make -j `nproc` paddle_docs paddle_apis
         popd
     fi
 
diff --git a/paddle/scripts/travis/build_doc.sh b/paddle/scripts/travis/build_doc.sh
index 09496e4de13f2ad2d83e7b4e495a981f2a62feb5..eabcda95b824a1564394b037b6d2f04cf1c168b0 100755
--- a/paddle/scripts/travis/build_doc.sh
+++ b/paddle/scripts/travis/build_doc.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWITH_GPU=OFF -DWITH_MKL=OFF -DWITH_DOC=ON -DWITH_STYLE_CHECK=OFF
 make -j `nproc` gen_proto_py framework_py_proto
 make -j `nproc` copy_paddle_pybind
-make -j `nproc` paddle_docs paddle_docs_cn paddle_api_docs paddle_fluid_api_docs
+make -j `nproc` paddle_docs paddle_apis
 
 # check websites for broken links
 linkchecker doc/v2/en/html/index.html