diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_s3_access_point.go b/aws/resource_aws_s3_access_point.go
index 393557580d5..009977f31d4 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_s3_access_point.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_s3_access_point.go
@@ -137,12 +137,24 @@ func resourceAwsS3AccessPointCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 	}
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Creating S3 Access Point: %s", input)
-	_, err := conn.CreateAccessPoint(input)
+	output, err := conn.CreateAccessPoint(input)
+
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error creating S3 Access Point: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating S3 Control Access Point (%s): %w", name, err)
+	}
+
+	if output == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating S3 Control Access Point (%s): empty response", name)
 	}
 
-	d.SetId(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", accountId, name))
+	parsedARN, err := arn.Parse(aws.StringValue(output.AccessPointArn))
+
+	if err == nil && strings.HasPrefix(parsedARN.Resource, "outpost/") {
+		d.SetId(aws.StringValue(output.AccessPointArn))
+		name = aws.StringValue(output.AccessPointArn)
+	} else {
+		d.SetId(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", accountId, name))
+	}
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOk("policy"); ok {
 		log.Printf("[DEBUG] Putting S3 Access Point policy: %s", d.Id())
@@ -183,19 +195,23 @@ func resourceAwsS3AccessPointRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 		return fmt.Errorf("error reading S3 Access Point (%s): %s", d.Id(), err)
 	}
 
-	name = aws.StringValue(output.Name)
-	arn := arn.ARN{
-		AccountID: accountId,
-		Partition: meta.(*AWSClient).partition,
-		Region:    meta.(*AWSClient).region,
-		Resource:  fmt.Sprintf("accesspoint/%s", name),
-		Service:   "s3",
+	if strings.HasPrefix(name, "arn:") {
+		d.Set("arn", name)
+	} else {
+		builtARN := arn.ARN{
+			AccountID: accountId,
+			Partition: meta.(*AWSClient).partition,
+			Region:    meta.(*AWSClient).region,
+			Resource:  fmt.Sprintf("accesspoint/%s", aws.StringValue(output.Name)),
+			Service:   "s3",
+		}
+		d.Set("arn", builtARN.String())
 	}
+
 	d.Set("account_id", accountId)
-	d.Set("arn", arn.String())
 	d.Set("bucket", output.Bucket)
-	d.Set("domain_name", meta.(*AWSClient).RegionalHostname(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s.s3-accesspoint", name, accountId)))
-	d.Set("name", name)
+	d.Set("domain_name", meta.(*AWSClient).RegionalHostname(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s.s3-accesspoint", aws.StringValue(output.Name), accountId)))
+	d.Set("name", output.Name)
 	d.Set("network_origin", output.NetworkOrigin)
 	if err := d.Set("public_access_block_configuration", flattenS3AccessPointPublicAccessBlockConfiguration(output.PublicAccessBlockConfiguration)); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error setting public_access_block_configuration: %s", err)
@@ -298,7 +314,14 @@ func resourceAwsS3AccessPointDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 	return nil
 }
 
+// s3AccessPointParseId returns the Account ID and Access Point Name (S3) or ARN (S3 on Outposts)
 func s3AccessPointParseId(id string) (string, string, error) {
+	parsedARN, err := arn.Parse(id)
+
+	if err == nil {
+		return parsedARN.AccountID, id, nil
+	}
+
 	parts := strings.SplitN(id, ":", 2)
 
 	if len(parts) != 2 || parts[0] == "" || parts[1] == "" {
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_s3_access_point_test.go b/aws/resource_aws_s3_access_point_test.go
index f9c92f80b23..cf2357b5d68 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_s3_access_point_test.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_s3_access_point_test.go
@@ -165,6 +165,46 @@ func TestAccAWSS3AccessPoint_bucketDisappears(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccAWSS3AccessPoint_Bucket_Arn(t *testing.T) {
+	var v s3control.GetAccessPointOutput
+	rName := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-acc-test")
+	resourceName := "aws_s3_access_point.test"
+
+	resource.ParallelTest(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t); testAccPreCheckAWSOutpostsOutposts(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckAWSS3AccessPointDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccAWSS3AccessPointConfig_Bucket_Arn(rName),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					testAccCheckAWSS3AccessPointExists(resourceName, &v),
+					testAccCheckResourceAttrAccountID(resourceName, "account_id"),
+					testAccCheckResourceAttrRegionalARN(resourceName, "arn", "s3-outposts", fmt.Sprintf("outpost/[^/]+/accesspoint/%s", rName)),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(resourceName, "bucket", "aws_s3control_bucket.test", "arn"),
+					testAccMatchResourceAttrRegionalHostname(resourceName, "domain_name", "s3-accesspoint", regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf("^%s-\\d{12}", rName))),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "has_public_access_policy", "false"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "name", rName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "network_origin", "VPC"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "policy", ""),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "public_access_block_configuration.#", "1"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "public_access_block_configuration.0.block_public_acls", "true"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "public_access_block_configuration.0.block_public_policy", "true"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "public_access_block_configuration.0.ignore_public_acls", "true"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "public_access_block_configuration.0.restrict_public_buckets", "true"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "vpc_configuration.#", "1"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrPair(resourceName, "vpc_configuration.0.vpc_id", "aws_vpc.test", "id"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      resourceName,
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccAWSS3AccessPoint_Policy(t *testing.T) {
 	var v s3control.GetAccessPointOutput
 	rName := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("tf-acc-test")
@@ -477,6 +517,38 @@ resource "aws_s3_access_point" "test" {
 `, bucketName, accessPointName)
 }
 
+func testAccAWSS3AccessPointConfig_Bucket_Arn(rName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+data "aws_outposts_outposts" "test" {}
+
+data "aws_outposts_outpost" "test" {
+  id = tolist(data.aws_outposts_outposts.test.ids)[0]
+}
+
+resource "aws_s3control_bucket" "test" {
+  bucket     = %[1]q
+  outpost_id = data.aws_outposts_outpost.test.id
+}
+
+resource "aws_vpc" "test" {
+  cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = %[1]q
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_s3_access_point" "test" {
+  bucket = aws_s3_bucket.test.arn
+  name   = %[1]q
+
+  vpc_configuration {
+    vpc_id = aws_vpc.test.id
+  }
+}
+`, rName)
+}
+
 func testAccAWSS3AccessPointConfig_policy(rName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "aws_s3_bucket" "test" {
diff --git a/website/docs/r/s3_access_point.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/s3_access_point.html.markdown
index a2245f3ea9b..555a222dcc4 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/s3_access_point.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/s3_access_point.html.markdown
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Provides a resource to manage an S3 Access Point.
 
 ## Example Usage
 
-### Basic Usage
+### AWS Partition Bucket
 
 ```hcl
 resource "aws_s3_bucket" "example" {
@@ -27,17 +27,18 @@ resource "aws_s3_access_point" "example" {
 }
 ```
 
-### Access Point Restricted to a VPC
+### S3 on Outposts Bucket
 
 ```hcl
-resource "aws_s3_bucket" "example" {
+resource "aws_s3control_bucket" "example" {
   bucket = "example"
 }
 
 resource "aws_s3_access_point" "example" {
-  bucket = aws_s3_bucket.example.id
+  bucket = aws_s3control_bucket.example.arn
   name   = "example"
 
+  # VPC must be specified for S3 on Outposts
   vpc_configuration {
     vpc_id = aws_vpc.example.id
   }
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ resource "aws_vpc" "example" {
 
 The following arguments are required:
 
-* `bucket` - (Required) The name of the bucket that you want to associate this access point with.
+* `bucket` - (Required) The name of an AWS Partition S3 Bucket or the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of S3 on Outposts Bucket that you want to associate this access point with.
 * `name` - (Required) The name you want to assign to this access point.
 
 The following arguments are optional:
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ The following arguments are optional:
 * `account_id` - (Optional) The AWS account ID for the owner of the bucket for which you want to create an access point. Defaults to automatically determined account ID of the Terraform AWS provider.
 * `policy` - (Optional) A valid JSON document that specifies the policy that you want to apply to this access point.
 * `public_access_block_configuration` - (Optional) Configuration block to manage the `PublicAccessBlock` configuration that you want to apply to this Amazon S3 bucket. You can enable the configuration options in any combination. Detailed below.
-* `vpc_configuration` - (Optional) Configuration block to restrict access to this access point to requests from the specified Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Detailed below.
+* `vpc_configuration` - (Optional) Configuration block to restrict access to this access point to requests from the specified Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Required for S3 on Outposts. Detailed below.
 
 ### public_access_block_configuration Configuration Block
 
@@ -91,13 +92,19 @@ In addition to all arguments above, the following attributes are exported:
 * `domain_name` - The DNS domain name of the S3 Access Point in the format _`name`_-_`account_id`_.s3-accesspoint._region_.amazonaws.com.
 Note: S3 access points only support secure access by HTTPS. HTTP isn't supported.
 * `has_public_access_policy` - Indicates whether this access point currently has a policy that allows public access.
-* `id` - AWS account ID and access point name separated by a colon (`:`).
+* `id` - For Access Point of an AWS Partition S3 Bucket, the AWS account ID and access point name separated by a colon (`:`). For S3 on Outposts Bucket, the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Access Point.
 * `network_origin` - Indicates whether this access point allows access from the public Internet. Values are `VPC` (the access point doesn't allow access from the public Internet) and `Internet` (the access point allows access from the public Internet, subject to the access point and bucket access policies).
 
 ## Import
 
-S3 Access Points can be imported using the `account_id` and `name` separated by a colon (`:`), e.g.
+For Access Points associated with an AWS Partition S3 Bucket, this resource can be imported using the `account_id` and `name` separated by a colon (`:`), e.g.
 
 ```
 $ terraform import aws_s3_access_point.example 123456789012:example
 ```
+
+For Access Points associated with an S3 on Outposts Bucket, this resource can be imported using the Amazon Resource Name (ARN), e.g.
+
+```
+$ terraform import aws_s3_access_point.example arn:aws:s3-outposts:us-east-1:123456789012:outpost/op-1234567890123456/accesspoint/example
+```