diff --git a/.changelog/3677.txt b/.changelog/3677.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ec013c069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3677.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:none
+
+```
diff --git a/google-beta/resource_monitoring_dashboard.go b/google-beta/resource_monitoring_dashboard.go
index 840908d3cc..10a7b49c63 100644
--- a/google-beta/resource_monitoring_dashboard.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_monitoring_dashboard.go
@@ -58,12 +58,14 @@ func resourceMonitoringDashboard() *schema.Resource {
 					json, _ := structure.NormalizeJsonString(v)
 					return json
 				},
+				Description: `The JSON representation of a dashboard, following the format at https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/ref_v3/rest/v1/projects.dashboards.`,
 			},
 			"project": {
-				Type:     schema.TypeString,
-				Optional: true,
-				Computed: true,
-				ForceNew: true,
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:    true,
+				Computed:    true,
+				ForceNew:    true,
+				Description: `The ID of the project in which the resource belongs. If it is not provided, the provider project is used.`,
 			},
 		},
 	}