diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_disk.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_disk.py
index 5965e9931f7923..5ab9da55a13934 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_disk.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_disk.py
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ def response_to_hash(module, response):
 def disk_type_selflink(name, params):
     if name is None:
         return
-    url = r"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/.*/zones/{zone}/diskTypes/[a-z1-9\-]*"
+    url = r"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/.*/zones/[a-z1-9\-]*/diskTypes/[a-z1-9\-]*"
     if not re.match(url, name):
         name = "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/diskTypes/%s".format(**params) % name
     return name
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance.py
index afa8b187e63a70..4588a55ed2a908 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance.py
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ def response_to_hash(module, response):
 def disk_type_selflink(name, params):
     if name is None:
         return
-    url = r"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/.*/zones/{zone}/diskTypes/[a-z1-9\-]*"
+    url = r"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/.*/zones/[a-z1-9\-]*/diskTypes/[a-z1-9\-]*"
     if not re.match(url, name):
         name = "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/diskTypes/%s".format(**params) % name
     return name
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ def disk_type_selflink(name, params):
 def machine_type_selflink(name, params):
     if name is None:
         return
-    url = r"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/.*/zones/{zone}/machineTypes/[a-z1-9\-]*"
+    url = r"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/.*/zones/[a-z1-9\-]*/machineTypes/[a-z1-9\-]*"
     if not re.match(url, name):
         name = "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/machineTypes/%s".format(**params) % name
     return name
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance_template.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance_template.py
index 751d495de8a724..11fc872452b8e9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance_template.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_instance_template.py
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ def response_to_hash(module, response):
 def disk_type_selflink(name, params):
     if name is None:
         return
-    url = r"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/.*/zones/{zone}/diskTypes/[a-z1-9\-]*"
+    url = r"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/.*/zones/[a-z1-9\-]*/diskTypes/[a-z1-9\-]*"
     if not re.match(url, name):
         name = "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/diskTypes/%s".format(**params) % name
     return name
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate.py
index 79af7777adf1ba..b4267dc6f3c2f4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate.py
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
 ---
 module: gcp_compute_ssl_certificate
 description:
-    - An SslCertificate resource. This resource provides a mechanism to upload an SSL
-      key and certificate to the load balancer to serve secure connections from the user.
+    - An SslCertificate resource, used for HTTPS load balancing. This resource provides
+      a mechanism to upload an SSL key and certificate to the load balancer to serve secure
+      connections from the user.
 short_description: Creates a GCP SslCertificate
 version_added: 2.6
 author: Google Inc. (@googlecloudplatform)
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
             - The certificate in PEM format.
             - The certificate chain must be no greater than 5 certs long.
             - The chain must include at least one intermediate cert.
-        required: false
+        required: true
     description:
         description:
             - An optional description of this resource.
@@ -68,9 +69,12 @@
         required: false
     private_key:
         description:
-            - The private key in PEM format.
-        required: false
+            - The write-only private key in PEM format.
+        required: true
 extends_documentation_fragment: gcp
+notes:
+    - "API Reference: U(https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/sslCertificates)"
+    - "Official Documentation: U(https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/docs/ssl-certificates)"
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -143,7 +147,7 @@
         type: str
     private_key:
         description:
-            - The private key in PEM format.
+            - The write-only private key in PEM format.
         returned: success
         type: str
 '''
@@ -167,10 +171,10 @@ def main():
     module = GcpModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
             state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent'], type='str'),
-            certificate=dict(type='str'),
+            certificate=dict(required=True, type='str'),
             description=dict(type='str'),
             name=dict(type='str'),
-            private_key=dict(type='str')
+            private_key=dict(required=True, type='str')
         )
     )
 
@@ -210,8 +214,7 @@ def create(module, link, kind):
 
 
 def update(module, link, kind):
-    auth = GcpSession(module, 'compute')
-    return wait_for_operation(module, auth.put(link, resource_to_request(module)))
+    module.fail_json(msg="SslCertificate cannot be edited")
 
 
 def delete(module, link, kind):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate_facts.py
index 64696d70d66964..78f50ce30e5227 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/google/gcp_compute_ssl_certificate_facts.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             type: str
         private_key:
             description:
-                - The private key in PEM format.
+                - The write-only private key in PEM format.
             returned: success
             type: str
 '''