diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ddc4e879b4..339d4b86741 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 - Rename `IdsGenerator` to `IdGenerator`
   ([#1651])(https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1651)
+- Rename Resource's `create_empty` to `get_empty`
+  ([#1653])(https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1653)
 
 ## [0.18b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.18b0) - 2021-02-16
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
index c840e5f298e..a7fa6dd54c3 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def create(attributes: typing.Optional[Attributes] = None) -> "Resource":
         return resource
 
     @staticmethod
-    def create_empty() -> "Resource":
+    def get_empty() -> "Resource":
         return _EMPTY_RESOURCE
 
     @property
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py
index 3effa5d2452..4151c2fbd8d 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def test_create(self):
         self.assertEqual(resource.attributes, expected_with_envar)
         os.environ[resources.OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES] = ""
 
-        resource = resources.Resource.create_empty()
+        resource = resources.Resource.get_empty()
         self.assertEqual(resource, resources._EMPTY_RESOURCE)
 
         resource = resources.Resource.create(None)
@@ -140,9 +140,7 @@ def test_service_name_using_process_name(self):
 
     def test_aggregated_resources_no_detectors(self):
         aggregated_resources = resources.get_aggregated_resources([])
-        self.assertEqual(
-            aggregated_resources, resources.Resource.create_empty()
-        )
+        self.assertEqual(aggregated_resources, resources.Resource.get_empty())
 
     def test_aggregated_resources_with_static_resource(self):
         static_resource = resources.Resource({"static_key": "static_value"})
@@ -208,7 +206,7 @@ def test_resource_detector_ignore_error(self):
         resource_detector.raise_on_error = False
         self.assertEqual(
             resources.get_aggregated_resources([resource_detector]),
-            resources.Resource.create_empty(),
+            resources.Resource.get_empty(),
         )
 
     def test_resource_detector_raise_error(self):
@@ -245,7 +243,7 @@ def tearDown(self) -> None:
     def test_empty(self):
         detector = resources.OTELResourceDetector()
         os.environ[resources.OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES] = ""
-        self.assertEqual(detector.detect(), resources.Resource.create_empty())
+        self.assertEqual(detector.detect(), resources.Resource.get_empty())
 
     def test_one(self):
         detector = resources.OTELResourceDetector()