diff --git a/datadog/resource_datadog_security_monitoring_rule.go b/datadog/resource_datadog_security_monitoring_rule.go
index 7f6fd46d5..8fc4589f0 100644
--- a/datadog/resource_datadog_security_monitoring_rule.go
+++ b/datadog/resource_datadog_security_monitoring_rule.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 func resourceDatadogSecurityMonitoringRule() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
-		Description:   "Provides a Datadog Security Monitoring Rule API resource. This can be used to create and manage Datadog security monitoring rules. To change settings for a default rule use `datadog_security_default_rule` instead.",
+		Description:   "Provides a Datadog Security Monitoring Rule API resource. This can be used to create and manage Datadog security monitoring rules. To change settings for a default rule, use `datadog_security_monitoring_default_rule` instead.",
 		CreateContext: resourceDatadogSecurityMonitoringRuleCreate,
 		ReadContext:   resourceDatadogSecurityMonitoringRuleRead,
 		UpdateContext: resourceDatadogSecurityMonitoringRuleUpdate,
diff --git a/docs/resources/security_monitoring_rule.md b/docs/resources/security_monitoring_rule.md
index ddc2c7c8c..964ee75cc 100644
--- a/docs/resources/security_monitoring_rule.md
+++ b/docs/resources/security_monitoring_rule.md
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 page_title: "datadog_security_monitoring_rule Resource - terraform-provider-datadog"
 subcategory: ""
 description: |-
-  Provides a Datadog Security Monitoring Rule API resource. This can be used to create and manage Datadog security monitoring rules. To change settings for a default rule use datadog_security_default_rule instead.
+  Provides a Datadog Security Monitoring Rule API resource. This can be used to create and manage Datadog security monitoring rules. To change settings for a default rule, use datadog_security_monitoring_default_rule instead.
 ---
 
 # datadog_security_monitoring_rule (Resource)
 
-Provides a Datadog Security Monitoring Rule API resource. This can be used to create and manage Datadog security monitoring rules. To change settings for a default rule use `datadog_security_default_rule` instead.
+Provides a Datadog Security Monitoring Rule API resource. This can be used to create and manage Datadog security monitoring rules. To change settings for a default rule, use `datadog_security_monitoring_default_rule` instead.
 
 ## Example Usage