diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_eks_node_group.go b/aws/resource_aws_eks_node_group.go
index a3c83a9c770..def30ab9e18 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_eks_node_group.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_eks_node_group.go
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ func resourceAwsEksNodeGroup() *schema.Resource {
 			"capacity_type": {
 				Type:         schema.TypeString,
 				Optional:     true,
+				Computed:     true,
 				ForceNew:     true,
-				Default:      eks.CapacityTypesOnDemand,
 				ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice(eks.CapacityTypes_Values(), false),
 			},
 			"cluster_name": {
diff --git a/website/docs/r/eks_node_group.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/eks_node_group.html.markdown
index 56bb8c52c1e..061b62b7838 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/eks_node_group.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/eks_node_group.html.markdown
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ The following arguments are required:
 The following arguments are optional:
 
 * `ami_type` - (Optional) Type of Amazon Machine Image (AMI) associated with the EKS Node Group. Defaults to `AL2_x86_64`. Valid values: `AL2_x86_64`, `AL2_x86_64_GPU`, `AL2_ARM_64`. Terraform will only perform drift detection if a configuration value is provided.
-* `capacity_type` - (Optional) Type of capacity associated with the EKS Node Group. Defaults to `ON_DEMAND`. Valid values: `ON_DEMAND`, `SPOT`.
+* `capacity_type` - (Optional) Type of capacity associated with the EKS Node Group. Valid values: `ON_DEMAND`, `SPOT`. Terraform will only perform drift detection if a configuration value is provided.
 * `disk_size` - (Optional) Disk size in GiB for worker nodes. Defaults to `20`. Terraform will only perform drift detection if a configuration value is provided.
 * `force_update_version` - (Optional) Force version update if existing pods are unable to be drained due to a pod disruption budget issue.
 * `instance_types` - (Optional) List of instance types associated with the EKS Node Group. Defaults to `["t3.medium"]`. Terraform will only perform drift detection if a configuration value is provided.