diff --git a/ibm/resource_ibm_is_virtual_endpoint_gateway.go b/ibm/resource_ibm_is_virtual_endpoint_gateway.go
index 0df9718166..5e7c482358 100644
--- a/ibm/resource_ibm_is_virtual_endpoint_gateway.go
+++ b/ibm/resource_ibm_is_virtual_endpoint_gateway.go
@@ -162,9 +162,10 @@ func resourceIBMISEndpointGateway() *schema.Resource {
 							Description: "The target crn",
 						},
 						isVirtualEndpointGatewayTargetResourceType: {
-							Type:        schema.TypeString,
-							Required:    true,
-							Description: "The target resource type",
+							Type:         schema.TypeString,
+							Required:     true,
+							ValidateFunc: InvokeValidator("ibm_is_virtual_endpoint_gateway", isVirtualEndpointGatewayTargetResourceType),
+							Description:  "The target resource type",
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -198,6 +199,13 @@ func resourceIBMISEndpointGatewayValidator() *ResourceValidator {
 			Regexp:                     `^[A-Za-z0-9:_ .-]+$`,
 			MinValueLength:             1,
 			MaxValueLength:             128})
+	validateSchema = append(validateSchema,
+		ValidateSchema{
+			Identifier:                 isVirtualEndpointGatewayTargetResourceType,
+			ValidateFunctionIdentifier: ValidateAllowedStringValue,
+			Type:                       TypeString,
+			Required:                   true,
+			AllowedValues:              "provider_cloud_service, provider_infrastructure_service"})
 
 	ibmEndpointGatewayResourceValidator := ResourceValidator{ResourceName: "ibm_is_virtual_endpoint_gateway", Schema: validateSchema}
 	return &ibmEndpointGatewayResourceValidator
diff --git a/website/docs/r/is_virtual_endpoint_gateway.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/is_virtual_endpoint_gateway.html.markdown
index af850265e3..2cac36c160 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/is_virtual_endpoint_gateway.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/is_virtual_endpoint_gateway.html.markdown
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ resource "ibm_is_virtual_endpoint_gateway" "endpoint_gateway3" {
 	}
 	resource_group = data.ibm_resource_group.test_acc.id
 }
+
+resource "ibm_is_virtual_endpoint_gateway" "endpoint_gateway3" {
+  name = "my-endpoint-gateway-1"
+  target {
+    crn           = "crn:v1:bluemix:public:cloud-object-storage:global:::endpoint:s3.direct.mil01.cloud-object-storage.appdomain.cloud"
+    resource_type = "provider_cloud_service"
+  }
+  vpc            = ibm_is_vpc.testacc_vpc.id
+  resource_group = data.ibm_resource_group.test_acc.id
+}
 ```
 
 ## Argument reference
@@ -71,9 +81,9 @@ Review the argument references that you can specify for your resource.
 - `target` - (Required, List) The endpoint gateway target.
 
   Nested scheme for `target`:
-  - `crn` - (Optional, Forces new resource, String) The endpoint gateway target `CRN`. If CRN not specified, `name` must be specified. 
+  - `crn` - (Optional, Forces new resource, String) The CRN for this provider cloud service, or the CRN for the user's instance of a provider cloud service.. If CRN not specified, `name` must be specified. 
   - `name` - (Required, Forces new resource, String) The endpoint gateway target name.
-  - `resource_type` - (Required, String) The endpoint gateway target resource type.
+  - `resource_type` - (Required, String) The endpoint gateway target resource type. The possible values are `provider_cloud_service`, `provider_infrastructure_service`.
 - `vpc` - (Required, Forces new resource, String) The VPC ID.
 
 **NOTE**: `ips` configured inline in this resource are not modifiable. Prefer using `ibm_is_virtual_endpoint_gateway_ip` resource to bind/unbind new reserved IPs to endpoint gateways and use the resource `ibm_is_subnet_reserved_ip` to create new reserved IP.