diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_snapshot.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_snapshot.go
index e8a4df452..e482c86f9 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_snapshot.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_snapshot.go
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ func resourceComputeSnapshot() *schema.Resource {
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
 
+			"source_disk_link": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Computed: true,
+			},
+
 			"project": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -137,6 +142,8 @@ func resourceComputeSnapshotRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	}
 
 	d.Set("self_link", snapshot.SelfLink)
+	d.Set("source_disk_link", snapshot.SourceDisk)
+	d.Set("name", snapshot.Name)
 
 	if snapshot.SnapshotEncryptionKey != nil && snapshot.SnapshotEncryptionKey.Sha256 != "" {
 		d.Set("snapshot_encryption_key_sha256", snapshot.SnapshotEncryptionKey.Sha256)
@@ -146,8 +153,6 @@ func resourceComputeSnapshotRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		d.Set("source_disk_encryption_key_sha256", snapshot.SourceDiskEncryptionKey.Sha256)
 	}
 
-	d.Set("source_disk", snapshot.SourceDisk)
-
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/google/r/compute_snapshot.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/google/r/compute_snapshot.html.markdown
index d4d343df0..cdeb4fea9 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/google/r/compute_snapshot.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/google/r/compute_snapshot.html.markdown
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 * `zone` - (Required) The zone where the source disk is located.
 
-* `source_disk` - (Required) The disk which will be used as the source of the snapshot
+* `source_disk` - (Required) The disk which will be used as the source of the snapshot.
 
 - - -
 
@@ -61,4 +61,6 @@ exported:
     [customer-supplied encryption key](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/customer-supplied-encryption)
     that protects the source disk.
 
+* `source_disk_link` - The URI of the source disk.
+
 * `self_link` - The URI of the created resource.