diff --git a/components/cascader/demo/basic.md b/components/cascader/demo/basic.md
index 7aec975dc1..d64df70c65 100644
--- a/components/cascader/demo/basic.md
+++ b/components/cascader/demo/basic.md
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ function onChange(value) {
 }
 
 ReactDOM.render(
-  <Cascader options={options} onChange={onChange} />
+  <Cascader options={options} onChange={onChange} placeholder="请选择地区" />
 , mountNode);
 ````
diff --git a/components/cascader/index.jsx b/components/cascader/index.jsx
index bf921e6b38..1631cc8236 100644
--- a/components/cascader/index.jsx
+++ b/components/cascader/index.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import classNames from 'classnames';
 export default class Cascader extends React.Component {
   static defaultProps = {
     prefixCls: 'ant-cascader',
-    placeholder: '请选择',
+    placeholder: 'Please select',
     transitionName: 'slide-up',
     popupPlacement: 'bottomLeft',
     onChange() {},