diff --git a/paddle/operators/get_places_op.cc b/paddle/operators/get_places_op.cc
index 5158af8f42..959aae16a8 100644
--- a/paddle/operators/get_places_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/operators/get_places_op.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class GetPlacesOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
   void Run(const framework::Scope &scope,
            const platform::DeviceContext &dev_ctx) const override {
     std::string device_type = Attr<std::string>("device_type");
-    auto trainer_count = Attr<int>("trainer_count");
+    auto device_count = Attr<int>("device_count");
 
     auto out_var_name = Output("Out");
     auto *out_var = scope.FindVar(out_var_name);
@@ -38,18 +38,18 @@ class GetPlacesOp : public framework::OperatorBase {
                    out_var_name);
 
     auto &places = *(out_var->GetMutable<std::vector<platform::Place>>());
-    places.resize(trainer_count);
+    places.resize(device_count);
     if (device_type == "CUDA") {
 #ifdef PADDLE_WITH_CUDA
-      PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(trainer_count, platform::GetCUDADeviceCount());
-      for (int i = 0; i < trainer_count; i++) {
+      PADDLE_ENFORCE_LT(device_count, platform::GetCUDADeviceCount());
+      for (int i = 0; i < device_count; i++) {
         places.emplace_back(platform::GPUPlace(i));
       }
 #else
       PADDLE_THROW("'GPUPlace' is not supported in CPU only device.");
 #endif
     } else if (device_type == "CPU") {
-      for (int i = 0; i < trainer_count; i++) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < device_count; i++) {
         places.emplace_back(platform::CPUPlace());
       }
     }
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class GetPlacesOpProtoMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
                         framework::OpAttrChecker *op_checker)
       : OpProtoAndCheckerMaker(proto, op_checker) {
     AddOutput("Out", "vector of Place");
-    AddAttr<int>("trainer_count", "(int)trainer count").SetDefault(1);
+    AddAttr<int>("device_count", "(int)device count").SetDefault(1);
     AddAttr<std::string>("device_type",
                          "(string), deivce type can be \"CPU\" and \"CUDA\"")
         .InEnum({"CPU", "CUDA"});
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/utils.py b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/utils.py
index b71d8d9357..89c07584ef 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/utils.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/layers/utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from ..framework import Variable
 __all__ = ['get_places']
 
 
-def get_places(trainer_count, device_type="CPU"):
+def get_places(device_count, device_type="CPU"):
     helper = LayerHelper('get_places', **locals())
     out_places = helper.create_tmp_variable(dtype=helper.input_dtype())
     helper.append_op(
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_places(trainer_count, device_type="CPU"):
         outputs={"Out": [out_places]},
         attrs={
             "device_type": device_type,
-            'trainer_count': trainer_count,
+            'device_count': device_count,
         })
 
     return out_places
diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_layers.py b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_layers.py
index c6f109bc95..c851f37b23 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_layers.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/fluid/tests/test_layers.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class TestBook(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_get_places(self):
         program = Program()
         with program_guard(program):
-            x = layers.get_places(trainer_count=4)
+            x = layers.get_places(device_count=4)
         print(str(program))