diff --git a/google/resource_logging_metric.go b/google/resource_logging_metric.go
index 33e992d2a47..f2c6dbe2447 100644
--- a/google/resource_logging_metric.go
+++ b/google/resource_logging_metric.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func resourceLoggingMetric() *schema.Resource {
 				MaxItems: 1,
 				Elem: &schema.Resource{
 					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
-						"explicit": {
+						"explicit_buckets": {
 							Type:     schema.TypeList,
 							Optional: true,
 							MaxItems: 1,
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func resourceLoggingMetric() *schema.Resource {
 										Type:     schema.TypeList,
 										Optional: true,
 										Elem: &schema.Schema{
-											Type: schema.TypeString,
+											Type: schema.TypeFloat,
 										},
 									},
 								},
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ func flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptions(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) in
 		flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsLinearBuckets(original["linearBuckets"], d)
 	transformed["exponential_buckets"] =
 		flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExponentialBuckets(original["exponentialBuckets"], d)
-	transformed["explicit"] =
-		flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicit(original["explicit"], d)
+	transformed["explicit_buckets"] =
+		flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBuckets(original["explicitBuckets"], d)
 	return []interface{}{transformed}
 }
 func flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsLinearBuckets(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ func flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExponentialBucketsScale(v interface{}, d *
 	return v
 }
 
-func flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicit(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
+func flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBuckets(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
 	if v == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -624,10 +624,10 @@ func flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicit(v interface{}, d *schema.Resource
 	}
 	transformed := make(map[string]interface{})
 	transformed["bounds"] =
-		flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBounds(original["bounds"], d)
+		flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBucketsBounds(original["bounds"], d)
 	return []interface{}{transformed}
 }
-func flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBounds(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
+func flattenLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBucketsBounds(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
 	return v
 }
 
@@ -770,11 +770,11 @@ func expandLoggingMetricBucketOptions(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, co
 		transformed["exponentialBuckets"] = transformedExponentialBuckets
 	}
 
-	transformedExplicit, err := expandLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicit(original["explicit"], d, config)
+	transformedExplicitBuckets, err := expandLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBuckets(original["explicit_buckets"], d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
-	} else if val := reflect.ValueOf(transformedExplicit); val.IsValid() && !isEmptyValue(val) {
-		transformed["explicit"] = transformedExplicit
+	} else if val := reflect.ValueOf(transformedExplicitBuckets); val.IsValid() && !isEmptyValue(val) {
+		transformed["explicitBuckets"] = transformedExplicitBuckets
 	}
 
 	return transformed, nil
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ func expandLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExponentialBucketsScale(v interface{}, d Te
 	return v, nil
 }
 
-func expandLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicit(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
+func expandLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBuckets(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
 	l := v.([]interface{})
 	if len(l) == 0 || l[0] == nil {
 		return nil, nil
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ func expandLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicit(v interface{}, d TerraformResource
 	original := raw.(map[string]interface{})
 	transformed := make(map[string]interface{})
 
-	transformedBounds, err := expandLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBounds(original["bounds"], d, config)
+	transformedBounds, err := expandLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBucketsBounds(original["bounds"], d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	} else if val := reflect.ValueOf(transformedBounds); val.IsValid() && !isEmptyValue(val) {
@@ -889,6 +889,6 @@ func expandLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicit(v interface{}, d TerraformResource
 	return transformed, nil
 }
 
-func expandLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBounds(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
+func expandLoggingMetricBucketOptionsExplicitBucketsBounds(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
 	return v, nil
 }
diff --git a/google/resource_logging_metric_test.go b/google/resource_logging_metric_test.go
index f1585e1e955..b8c3c546ef6 100644
--- a/google/resource_logging_metric_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_logging_metric_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,29 @@ func TestAccLoggingMetric_update(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccLoggingMetric_explicitBucket(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	suffix := acctest.RandString(10)
+	filter := "resource.type=gae_app AND severity>=ERROR"
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccCheckLoggingMetricDestroy,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testAccLoggingMetric_explicitBucket(suffix, filter),
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:      "google_logging_metric.logging_metric",
+				ImportState:       true,
+				ImportStateVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func testAccLoggingMetric_update(suffix string, filter string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "google_logging_metric" "logging_metric" {
@@ -51,3 +74,24 @@ resource "google_logging_metric" "logging_metric" {
 	}
 }`, suffix, filter)
 }
+
+func testAccLoggingMetric_explicitBucket(suffix string, filter string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "google_logging_metric" "logging_metric" {
+  name = "my-custom-metric-%s"
+  filter = "%s"
+
+  metric_descriptor {
+    metric_kind = "DELTA"
+    value_type  = "DISTRIBUTION"
+  }
+
+  value_extractor = "EXTRACT(jsonPayload.metrics.running_jobs)"
+
+  bucket_options {
+    explicit_buckets {
+      bounds = [0,1,2,3,4.2]
+    }
+  }
+}`, suffix, filter)
+}
diff --git a/website/docs/r/logging_metric.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/logging_metric.html.markdown
index cfd71a9c076..7942092c421 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/logging_metric.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/logging_metric.html.markdown
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ The `bucket_options` block supports:
   Specifies an exponential sequence of buckets that have a width that is proportional to the value of
   the lower bound. Each bucket represents a constant relative uncertainty on a specific value in the bucket.  Structure is documented below.
 
-* `explicit` -
+* `explicit_buckets` -
   (Optional)
   Specifies a set of buckets with arbitrary widths.  Structure is documented below.
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ The `exponential_buckets` block supports:
   (Optional)
   Must be greater than 0.
 
-The `explicit` block supports:
+The `explicit_buckets` block supports:
 
 * `bounds` -
   (Optional)