diff --git a/google-beta/resource_monitoring_alert_policy.go b/google-beta/resource_monitoring_alert_policy.go
index 90c49799aca..ea6748d8933 100644
--- a/google-beta/resource_monitoring_alert_policy.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_monitoring_alert_policy.go
@@ -259,19 +259,17 @@ func resourceMonitoringAlertPolicy() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional: true,
 				Default:  true,
 			},
-			"labels": {
+			"notification_channels": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeList,
 				Optional: true,
 				Elem: &schema.Schema{
 					Type: schema.TypeString,
 				},
 			},
-			"notification_channels": {
-				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+			"user_labels": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeMap,
 				Optional: true,
-				Elem: &schema.Schema{
-					Type: schema.TypeString,
-				},
+				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
 			},
 			"creation_record": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeList,
@@ -294,6 +292,14 @@ func resourceMonitoringAlertPolicy() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Computed: true,
 			},
+			"labels": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeList,
+				Optional: true,
+				Elem: &schema.Schema{
+					Type: schema.TypeString,
+				},
+				Deprecated: "labels is removed as it was never used. See user_labels for the correct field",
+			},
 			"project": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -338,11 +344,11 @@ func resourceMonitoringAlertPolicyCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("notification_channels"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(notificationChannelsProp)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, notificationChannelsProp)) {
 		obj["notificationChannels"] = notificationChannelsProp
 	}
-	labelsProp, err := expandMonitoringAlertPolicyLabels(d.Get("labels"), d, config)
+	userLabelsProp, err := expandMonitoringAlertPolicyUserLabels(d.Get("user_labels"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
-	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("labels"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(labelsProp)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, labelsProp)) {
-		obj["labels"] = labelsProp
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("user_labels"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(userLabelsProp)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, userLabelsProp)) {
+		obj["userLabels"] = userLabelsProp
 	}
 	documentationProp, err := expandMonitoringAlertPolicyDocumentation(d.Get("documentation"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -431,7 +437,7 @@ func resourceMonitoringAlertPolicyRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	if err := d.Set("notification_channels", flattenMonitoringAlertPolicyNotificationChannels(res["notificationChannels"], d)); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error reading AlertPolicy: %s", err)
 	}
-	if err := d.Set("labels", flattenMonitoringAlertPolicyLabels(res["labels"], d)); err != nil {
+	if err := d.Set("user_labels", flattenMonitoringAlertPolicyUserLabels(res["userLabels"], d)); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error reading AlertPolicy: %s", err)
 	}
 	if err := d.Set("documentation", flattenMonitoringAlertPolicyDocumentation(res["documentation"], d)); err != nil {
@@ -475,11 +481,11 @@ func resourceMonitoringAlertPolicyUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{
 	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("notification_channels"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(v)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, notificationChannelsProp)) {
 		obj["notificationChannels"] = notificationChannelsProp
 	}
-	labelsProp, err := expandMonitoringAlertPolicyLabels(d.Get("labels"), d, config)
+	userLabelsProp, err := expandMonitoringAlertPolicyUserLabels(d.Get("user_labels"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
-	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("labels"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(v)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, labelsProp)) {
-		obj["labels"] = labelsProp
+	} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("user_labels"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(v)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, userLabelsProp)) {
+		obj["userLabels"] = userLabelsProp
 	}
 	documentationProp, err := expandMonitoringAlertPolicyDocumentation(d.Get("documentation"), d, config)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -863,7 +869,7 @@ func flattenMonitoringAlertPolicyNotificationChannels(v interface{}, d *schema.R
 	return v
 }
 
-func flattenMonitoringAlertPolicyLabels(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
+func flattenMonitoringAlertPolicyUserLabels(v interface{}, d *schema.ResourceData) interface{} {
 	return v
 }
 
@@ -1338,8 +1344,15 @@ func expandMonitoringAlertPolicyNotificationChannels(v interface{}, d TerraformR
 	return v, nil
 }
 
-func expandMonitoringAlertPolicyLabels(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
-	return v, nil
+func expandMonitoringAlertPolicyUserLabels(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (map[string]string, error) {
+	if v == nil {
+		return map[string]string{}, nil
+	}
+	m := make(map[string]string)
+	for k, val := range v.(map[string]interface{}) {
+		m[k] = val.(string)
+	}
+	return m, nil
 }
 
 func expandMonitoringAlertPolicyDocumentation(v interface{}, d TerraformResourceData, config *Config) (interface{}, error) {
diff --git a/google-beta/resource_monitoring_alert_policy_generated_test.go b/google-beta/resource_monitoring_alert_policy_generated_test.go
index 567c2c6c85a..5f1fc82c712 100644
--- a/google-beta/resource_monitoring_alert_policy_generated_test.go
+++ b/google-beta/resource_monitoring_alert_policy_generated_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ resource "google_monitoring_alert_policy" "alert_policy" {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  user_labels = {
+    foo = "bar"
+  }
 }
 `, context)
 }
diff --git a/website/docs/r/monitoring_alert_policy.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/monitoring_alert_policy.html.markdown
index 9c445394bf9..19393364107 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/monitoring_alert_policy.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/monitoring_alert_policy.html.markdown
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ resource "google_monitoring_alert_policy" "alert_policy" {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  user_labels = {
+    foo = "bar"
+  }
 }
 ```
 
@@ -584,9 +588,13 @@ The `aggregations` block supports:
   entries in this field is
   `projects/[PROJECT_ID]/notificationChannels/[CHANNEL_ID]`
 
-* `labels` -
+* `user_labels` -
   (Optional)
-  User-supplied key/value data to be used for organizing AlertPolicy objects.
+  This field is intended to be used for organizing and identifying the AlertPolicy
+  objects.The field can contain up to 64 entries. Each key and value is limited
+  to 63 Unicode characters or 128 bytes, whichever is smaller. Labels and values
+  can contain only lowercase letters, numerals, underscores, and dashes. Keys
+  must begin with a letter.
 
 * `documentation` -
   (Optional)