diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_backend_service.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_backend_service.go
index ebc3c5f1a..16ff99219 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_backend_service.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_backend_service.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func resourceComputeBackendService() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
 				ForceNew: true,
-				Removed:  "region has been removed as it was never used",
+				Removed:  "region has been removed as it was never used. For internal load balancing, use google_compute_region_backend_service",
 			},
 
 			"self_link": &schema.Schema{
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/google/r/compute_backend_service.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/google/r/compute_backend_service.html.markdown
index 551c29883..f2d36d822 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/google/r/compute_backend_service.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/google/r/compute_backend_service.html.markdown
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ description: |-
 
 A Backend Service defines a group of virtual machines that will serve traffic for load balancing.
 
+For internal load balancing, use a [google_compute_region_backend_service](/docs/providers/google/r/compute_region_backend_service.html).
+
 ## Example Usage
 
 ```hcl