This paper studies the propagation effect in a closed lambda-type three-level atomic system with Doppler broadening.It is shown that,Doppler broadening due to atomic motion and propagation effect associated with driving field depletion along the active medium decreases obviously the gain and output of the lasing without inversion(LWI);the relative phase between the probe and driving fields has a remarkable modulation role to the propagation effect on LWI when Doppler broadening presents;by choosing suitable value of the relative phase,we can get the largest gain and output of LWI.