diff --git a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_ssh_keypair.go b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_ssh_keypair.go
index 5235985d7..a418c4cf6 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_ssh_keypair.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resource_cloudstack_ssh_keypair.go
@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ func resourceCloudStackSSHKeyPairCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}
 		}
 
 		p := cs.SSH.NewRegisterSSHKeyPairParams(name, string(key))
+
 		if err := setProjectid(p, cs, d); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
 		_, err = cs.SSH.RegisterSSHKeyPair(p)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -72,9 +74,11 @@ func resourceCloudStackSSHKeyPairCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}
 	} else {
 		// No key supplied, must create one and return the private key
 		p := cs.SSH.NewCreateSSHKeyPairParams(name)
+
 		if err := setProjectid(p, cs, d); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
 		r, err := cs.SSH.CreateSSHKeyPair(p)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ func resourceCloudStackSSHKeyPairRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 
 	p := cs.SSH.NewListSSHKeyPairsParams()
 	p.SetName(d.Id())
+
 	if err := setProjectid(p, cs, d); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -121,6 +126,7 @@ func resourceCloudStackSSHKeyPairDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}
 
 	// Create a new parameter struct
 	p := cs.SSH.NewDeleteSSHKeyPairParams(d.Id())
+
 	if err := setProjectid(p, cs, d); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resources.go b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resources.go
index 3e781fd4a..5421cb101 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resources.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/cloudstack/resources.go
@@ -196,5 +196,6 @@ func setProjectid(p projectidSetter, cs *cloudstack.CloudStackClient, d *schema.
 		}
 		p.SetProjectid(projectid)
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/cloudstack/r/ssh_keypair.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/cloudstack/r/ssh_keypair.html.markdown
index 372d1f488..5cfa47b10 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/cloudstack/r/ssh_keypair.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/cloudstack/r/ssh_keypair.html.markdown
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ The following arguments are supported:
     within a CloudStack account. Changing this forces a new resource to be
     created.
 
-* `public_key` - (Optional) The public key in OpenSSH
-    `authorized_keys` format. If this is omitted, CloudStack will
-    generate a new key pair. Changing this forces a new resource to be
-    created.
+* `public_key` - (Optional) The public key to register with CloudStack. If
+    this is omitted, CloudStack will generate a new key pair. The key can
+    be loaded from a file on disk using the [`file()` interpolation
+    function](/docs/configuration/interpolation.html#file_path_). Changing
+    this forces a new resource to be created.
 
 * `project` - (Optional) The name or ID of the project to register this
     key to. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.