diff --git a/mongodbatlas/resource_mongodbatlas_cloud_backup_schedule.go b/mongodbatlas/resource_mongodbatlas_cloud_backup_schedule.go
index a95e7ce1f8..721032ccfa 100644
--- a/mongodbatlas/resource_mongodbatlas_cloud_backup_schedule.go
+++ b/mongodbatlas/resource_mongodbatlas_cloud_backup_schedule.go
@@ -289,10 +289,6 @@ func resourceMongoDBAtlasCloudBackupScheduleRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.
 		return diag.Errorf(errorSnapshotBackupScheduleSetting, "restore_window_days", clusterName, err)
 	}
 
-	if err := d.Set("update_snapshots", backupPolicy.UpdateSnapshots); err != nil {
-		return diag.Errorf(errorSnapshotBackupScheduleSetting, "update_snapshots", clusterName, err)
-	}
-
 	if err := d.Set("next_snapshot", backupPolicy.NextSnapshot); err != nil {
 		return diag.Errorf(errorSnapshotBackupScheduleSetting, "next_snapshot", clusterName, err)
 	}
diff --git a/website/docs/r/cloud_backup_schedule.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/cloud_backup_schedule.html.markdown
index b06300db21..29aecfff17 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/cloud_backup_schedule.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/cloud_backup_schedule.html.markdown
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ resource "mongodbatlas_cloud_backup_schedule" "test" {
 * `reference_hour_of_day` - (Optional) UTC Hour of day between 0 and 23, inclusive, representing which hour of the day that Atlas takes snapshots for backup policy items.
 * `reference_minute_of_hour` - (Optional) UTC Minutes after `reference_hour_of_day` that Atlas takes snapshots for backup policy items. Must be between 0 and 59, inclusive.
 * `restore_window_days` - (Optional) Number of days back in time you can restore to with point-in-time accuracy. Must be a positive, non-zero integer.
-* `update_snapshots` - (Optional) Specify true to apply the retention changes in the updated backup policy to snapshots that Atlas took previously.
+* `update_snapshots` - (Optional) Specify true to apply the retention changes in the updated backup policy to snapshots that Atlas took previously. 
+  
+  **Note** This parameter does not return updates on return from API, this is a feature of the MongoDB Atlas Admin API itself and not Terraform.  For more details about this resource see: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/api-resources-spec/#tag/Cloud-Backup-Schedule
+
 * `policy_item_hourly` - (Optional) Hourly policy item
 * `policy_item_daily` - (Optional) Daily policy item
 * `policy_item_weekly` - (Optional) Weekly policy item