diff --git a/bigquery/google/cloud/bigquery/external_config.py b/bigquery/google/cloud/bigquery/external_config.py
index 0099dd00839bb..407b2d1f4b4be 100644
--- a/bigquery/google/cloud/bigquery/external_config.py
+++ b/bigquery/google/cloud/bigquery/external_config.py
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ def from_api_repr(cls, resource):
 
 
 class HivePartitioningOptions(object):
-    """Options that configure hive partitioning.
+    """[Beta] Options that configure hive partitioning.
 
     See
     https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#HivePartitioningOptions
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ def compression(self, value):
 
     @property
     def hive_partitioning(self):
-        """Optional[:class:`~.external_config.HivePartitioningOptions`]: When set, \
+        """Optional[:class:`~.external_config.HivePartitioningOptions`]: [Beta] When set, \
         it configures hive partitioning support.
 
         See
diff --git a/bigquery/google/cloud/bigquery/job.py b/bigquery/google/cloud/bigquery/job.py
index 11b9376663bfe..e150cc61ef796 100644
--- a/bigquery/google/cloud/bigquery/job.py
+++ b/bigquery/google/cloud/bigquery/job.py
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ def field_delimiter(self, value):
 
     @property
     def hive_partitioning(self):
-        """Optional[:class:`~.external_config.HivePartitioningOptions`]: When set, \
+        """Optional[:class:`~.external_config.HivePartitioningOptions`]: [Beta] When set, \
         it configures hive partitioning support.
 
         .. note::