diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_cognito_user_pools.go b/aws/data_source_aws_cognito_user_pools.go
index f365e0987c8..700f9f4958d 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_cognito_user_pools.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_cognito_user_pools.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/arn"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cognitoidentityprovider"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
 )
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ func dataSourceAwsCognitoUserPools() *schema.Resource {
 				Computed: true,
 				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
 			},
+			"arns": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeSet,
+				Computed: true,
+				Elem:     &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -29,6 +35,7 @@ func dataSourceAwsCognitoUserPoolsRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).cognitoidpconn
 	name := d.Get("name").(string)
 	var ids []string
+	var arns []string
 
 	pools, err := getAllCognitoUserPools(conn)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -36,7 +43,17 @@ func dataSourceAwsCognitoUserPoolsRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	}
 	for _, pool := range pools {
 		if name == aws.StringValue(pool.Name) {
-			ids = append(ids, aws.StringValue(pool.Id))
+			id := aws.StringValue(pool.Id)
+			arn := arn.ARN{
+				Partition: meta.(*AWSClient).partition,
+				Service:   "cognito-idp",
+				Region:    meta.(*AWSClient).region,
+				AccountID: meta.(*AWSClient).accountid,
+				Resource:  fmt.Sprintf("userpool/%s", id),
+			}.String()
+
+			ids = append(ids, id)
+			arns = append(arns, arn)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -46,6 +63,8 @@ func dataSourceAwsCognitoUserPoolsRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 
 	d.SetId(name)
 	d.Set("ids", ids)
+	d.Set("arns", arns)
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/aws/data_source_aws_cognito_user_pools_test.go b/aws/data_source_aws_cognito_user_pools_test.go
index 2e49cbbb1d8..a8bdd1ae142 100644
--- a/aws/data_source_aws_cognito_user_pools_test.go
+++ b/aws/data_source_aws_cognito_user_pools_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ func TestAccDataSourceAwsCognitoUserPools_basic(t *testing.T) {
 			{
 				Config: testAccDataSourceAwsCognitoUserPoolsConfig_basic(rName),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_cognito_user_pools.selected", "ids.#", "3"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_cognito_user_pools.selected", "ids.#", "2"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("data.aws_cognito_user_pools.selected", "arns.#", "2"),
 				),
 			},
 			{
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func TestAccDataSourceAwsCognitoUserPools_basic(t *testing.T) {
 func testAccDataSourceAwsCognitoUserPoolsConfig_basic(rName string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "aws_cognito_user_pool" "main" {
-	count = 3
+	count = 2
 	name  = "%s"
 }
 
diff --git a/website/docs/d/cognito_user_pools.markdown b/website/docs/d/cognito_user_pools.markdown
index ebbf82fc99a..fd2dde3cae7 100644
--- a/website/docs/d/cognito_user_pools.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/d/cognito_user_pools.markdown
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ resource "aws_api_gateway_authorizer" "cognito" {
   name = "cognito"
   type = "COGNITO_USER_POOLS"
   rest_api_id = "${data.aws_api_gateway_rest_api.selected.id}"
-  provider_arns = ["${data.aws_cognito_user_pools.selected.ids}"]
+  provider_arns = ["${data.aws_cognito_user_pools.selected.arns}"]
 }
 ```