Simple approach is used to a description of the experimental data for the widths of fission fragment mass yields in 197 Au and 209 Bi at low and intermediate energies. This approach based on both the expression for the temperature dependence of the width of fission fragment mass yield and the mass of the most probable fragment. The expression for the width of fission fragment mass yield depends on the mass of the most probable fragment, the surface terms of the energy level density parameter, the temperature and the stiffness parameter of the potential related to massasymmetric degree of freedom. It is shown that the contribution of the surface term of the energy level density parameter into the width is important for description of the experimental data in wide range of energies.