diff --git a/specification/sdk-environment-variables.md b/specification/sdk-environment-variables.md
index 60a5bf52c65..ea74e24e321 100644
--- a/specification/sdk-environment-variables.md
+++ b/specification/sdk-environment-variables.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The goal of this specification is to unify the environment variable names betwee
 
 | Name                 | Description                                      | Default                           | Notes                                                                                       |
 | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| OTEL_RESOURCE_LABELS | Key-value pairs to be used as resource labels    |                                   | Spec details TBD. Proposal in [OTEP-111](https://github.com/open-telemetry/oteps/pull/111). |
+| OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES | Key-value pairs to be used as resource attributes    |                                   | Spec details TBD. Proposal in [OTEP-111](https://github.com/open-telemetry/oteps/pull/111). |
 | OTEL_LOG_LEVEL       | Log level used by the SDK logger                 | "info"                            |                                                                                             |
 | OTEL_PROPAGATORS     | Propagators to be used as a comma separated list | "tracecontext,correlationcontext" |                                                                                             |