diff --git a/colossalai/logging/__init__.py b/colossalai/logging/__init__.py
index 937355ef8..97fe4f89d 100644
--- a/colossalai/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/colossalai/logging/__init__.py
@@ -6,22 +6,20 @@ from .logger import DistributedLogger
 __all__ = ['get_dist_logger', 'DistributedLogger', 'disable_existing_loggers']
 
 
-def get_dist_logger(name='colossalai'):
+def get_dist_logger(name: str = 'colossalai') -> DistributedLogger:
     """Get logger instance based on name. The DistributedLogger will create singleton instances,
     which means that only one logger instance is created per name.
 
     Args:
-
-    :param name: name of the logger, name must be unique
-    :type name: str
-
-    :return: a distributed logger instance
-    :rtype: :class:`colossalai.logging.DistributedLogger`
+        name (str): name of the logger, name must be unique
+    
+    Returns:
+        :class:`colossalai.logging.DistributedLogger`: A distributed logger singleton instance.
     """
     return DistributedLogger.get_instance(name=name)
 
 
-def disable_existing_loggers(include: Optional[List[str]] = None, exclude: List[str] = ['colossalai']):
+def disable_existing_loggers(include: Optional[List[str]] = None, exclude: List[str] = ['colossalai']) -> None:
     """Set the level of existing loggers to `WARNING`. By default, it will "disable" all existing loggers except the logger named "colossalai".
 
     Args:
diff --git a/colossalai/logging/logger.py b/colossalai/logging/logger.py
index ddd7ec5c9..acfc73c2d 100644
--- a/colossalai/logging/logger.py
+++ b/colossalai/logging/logger.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import colossalai
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Union, List
 import inspect
 
 from colossalai.context.parallel_mode import ParallelMode
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class DistributedLogger:
 
         Args:
             name (str): The name of the logger.
+        
         Returns:
             DistributedLogger: A DistributedLogger object
         """
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ class DistributedLogger:
     def _check_valid_logging_level(level: str):
         assert level in ['INFO', 'DEBUG', 'WARNING', 'ERROR'], 'found invalid logging level'
 
-    def set_level(self, level: str):
+    def set_level(self, level: str) -> None:
         """Set the logging level
 
         Args:
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ class DistributedLogger:
         self._check_valid_logging_level(level)
         self._logger.setLevel(getattr(logging, level))
 
-    def log_to_file(self, path: Union[str, Path], mode: str = 'a', level: str = 'INFO', suffix: str = None):
+    def log_to_file(self, path: Union[str, Path], mode: str = 'a', level: str = 'INFO', suffix: str = None) -> None:
         """Save the logs to file
 
         Args:
@@ -122,7 +123,11 @@ class DistributedLogger:
         file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
         self._logger.addHandler(file_handler)
 
-    def _log(self, level, message: str, parallel_mode: ParallelMode = ParallelMode.GLOBAL, ranks: list = None):
+    def _log(self,
+             level,
+             message: str,
+             parallel_mode: ParallelMode = ParallelMode.GLOBAL,
+             ranks: List[int] = None) -> None:
         if ranks is None:
             getattr(self._logger, level)(message)
         else:
@@ -130,53 +135,53 @@ class DistributedLogger:
             if local_rank in ranks:
                 getattr(self._logger, level)(message)
 
-    def info(self, message: str, parallel_mode: ParallelMode = ParallelMode.GLOBAL, ranks: list = None):
+    def info(self, message: str, parallel_mode: ParallelMode = ParallelMode.GLOBAL, ranks: List[int] = None) -> None:
         """Log an info message.
 
         Args:
             message (str): The message to be logged.
             parallel_mode (:class:`colossalai.context.parallel_mode.ParallelMode`):
                 The parallel mode used for logging. Defaults to ParallelMode.GLOBAL.
-            ranks (List): List of parallel ranks.
+            ranks (List[int]): List of parallel ranks.
         """
         message_prefix = "{}:{} {}".format(*self.__get_call_info())
         self._log('info', message_prefix, parallel_mode, ranks)
         self._log('info', message, parallel_mode, ranks)
 
-    def warning(self, message: str, parallel_mode: ParallelMode = ParallelMode.GLOBAL, ranks: list = None):
+    def warning(self, message: str, parallel_mode: ParallelMode = ParallelMode.GLOBAL, ranks: List[int] = None) -> None:
         """Log a warning message.
 
         Args:
             message (str): The message to be logged.
             parallel_mode (:class:`colossalai.context.parallel_mode.ParallelMode`):
                 The parallel mode used for logging. Defaults to ParallelMode.GLOBAL.
-            ranks (List): List of parallel ranks.
+            ranks (List[int]): List of parallel ranks.
         """
         message_prefix = "{}:{} {}".format(*self.__get_call_info())
         self._log('warning', message_prefix, parallel_mode, ranks)
         self._log('warning', message, parallel_mode, ranks)
 
-    def debug(self, message: str, parallel_mode: ParallelMode = ParallelMode.GLOBAL, ranks: list = None):
+    def debug(self, message: str, parallel_mode: ParallelMode = ParallelMode.GLOBAL, ranks: List[int] = None) -> None:
         """Log a debug message.
 
         Args:
             message (str): The message to be logged.
             parallel_mode (:class:`colossalai.context.parallel_mode.ParallelMode`):
                 The parallel mode used for logging. Defaults to ParallelMode.GLOBAL.
-            ranks (List): List of parallel ranks.
+            ranks (List[int]): List of parallel ranks.
         """
         message_prefix = "{}:{} {}".format(*self.__get_call_info())
         self._log('debug', message_prefix, parallel_mode, ranks)
         self._log('debug', message, parallel_mode, ranks)
 
-    def error(self, message: str, parallel_mode: ParallelMode = ParallelMode.GLOBAL, ranks: list = None):
+    def error(self, message: str, parallel_mode: ParallelMode = ParallelMode.GLOBAL, ranks: List[int] = None) -> None:
         """Log an error message.
 
         Args:
             message (str): The message to be logged.
             parallel_mode (:class:`colossalai.context.parallel_mode.ParallelMode`):
                 The parallel mode used for logging. Defaults to ParallelMode.GLOBAL.
-            ranks (List): List of parallel ranks.
+            ranks (List[int]): List of parallel ranks.
         """
         message_prefix = "{}:{} {}".format(*self.__get_call_info())
         self._log('error', message_prefix, parallel_mode, ranks)