diff --git a/mindspore/common/parameter.py b/mindspore/common/parameter.py
index dbb4625873..9497cb574b 100644
--- a/mindspore/common/parameter.py
+++ b/mindspore/common/parameter.py
@@ -167,6 +167,17 @@ class Parameter(MetaTensor_):
         """For parse check."""
 
     def set_param_ps(self, init_in_server=False):
+        """
+        Set whether the trainable parameter is updated by parameter server and whether the
+        trainable parameter is initialized on server.
+
+        Note:
+            It only works when a running task is in the parameter server mode.
+
+        Args:
+            init_in_server (bool): Whether trainable parameter updated by parameter server is
+            initialized on server. Default: False.
+        """
         if _is_role_worker() or _is_role_pserver() or _is_role_sched():
             if init_in_server and (not self.name.endswith("embedding_table")):
                 raise RuntimeError("Can not initialize parameter '{}' in server, only parameters of "
diff --git a/mindspore/nn/cell.py b/mindspore/nn/cell.py
index 662ee24464..d3dedb1bf3 100755
--- a/mindspore/nn/cell.py
+++ b/mindspore/nn/cell.py
@@ -1018,13 +1018,16 @@ class Cell(Cell_):
 
     def set_param_ps(self, recurse=True, init_in_server=False):
         """
-        Set whether the trainable parameter is updated by parameter server.
+        Set whether the trainable parameters are updated by parameter server and whether the
+        trainable parameters are initialized on server.
 
         Note:
             It only works when a running task is in the parameter server mode.
 
         Args:
             recurse (bool): Whether sets the trainable parameters of subcells. Default: True.
+            init_in_server (bool): Whether trainable parameters updated by parameter server are
+            initialized on server. Default: False.
         """
         params = self.trainable_params(recurse)
         for param in params: