diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_dns_resource_record_set.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_dns_resource_record_set.py
index d74ab7c..dc76816 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_dns_resource_record_set.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_dns_resource_record_set.py
@@ -76,12 +76,9 @@ options:
     type: list
   managed_zone:
     description:
-    - Identifies the managed zone addressed by this request.
-    - 'This field represents a link to a ManagedZone resource in GCP. It can be specified
-      in two ways. First, you can place a dictionary with key ''name'' and value of
-      your resource''s name Alternatively, you can add `register: name-of-resource`
-      to a gcp_dns_managed_zone task and then set this managed_zone field to "{{ name-of-resource
-      }}"'
+    - Identifies the managed zone addressed by this request. This must be a dictionary
+      that contains both a 'name' key and a 'dnsName' key. You can pass in the results
+      of the gcp_dns_managed_zone module, which will contain both.
     required: true
     type: dict
 extends_documentation_fragment: gcp
@@ -137,7 +134,9 @@ target:
   type: list
 managed_zone:
   description:
-  - Identifies the managed zone addressed by this request.
+  - Identifies the managed zone addressed by this request. This must be a dictionary
+    that contains both a 'name' key and a 'dnsName' key. You can pass in the results
+    of the gcp_dns_managed_zone module, which will contain both.
   returned: success
   type: dict
 '''
@@ -180,6 +179,9 @@ def main():
     fetch = fetch_wrapped_resource(module, 'dns#resourceRecordSet', 'dns#resourceRecordSetsListResponse', 'rrsets')
     changed = False
 
+    if 'dnsName' not in module.params.get('managed_zone') or 'name' not in module.params.get('managed_zone'):
+        module.fail_json(msg="managed_zone dictionary must contain both the name of the zone and the dns name of the zone")
+
     if fetch:
         if state == 'present':
             if is_different(module, fetch):
@@ -357,7 +359,7 @@ def prefetch_soa_resource(module):
         {
             'type': 'SOA',
             'managed_zone': module.params['managed_zone'],
-            'name': replace_resource_dict(module.params['managed_zone'], 'dnsName'),
+            'name': replace_resource_dict(module.params['managed_zone'], 'name'),
             'project': module.params['project'],
             'scopes': module.params['scopes'],
             'service_account_file': module.params['service_account_file'],
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gcp_dns_resource_record_set_info.py b/plugins/modules/gcp_dns_resource_record_set_info.py
index 869e5f6..9b8bc4d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gcp_dns_resource_record_set_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gcp_dns_resource_record_set_info.py
@@ -44,12 +44,9 @@ requirements:
 options:
   managed_zone:
     description:
-    - Identifies the managed zone addressed by this request.
-    - 'This field represents a link to a ManagedZone resource in GCP. It can be specified
-      in two ways. First, you can place a dictionary with key ''name'' and value of
-      your resource''s name Alternatively, you can add `register: name-of-resource`
-      to a gcp_dns_managed_zone task and then set this managed_zone field to "{{ name-of-resource
-      }}"'
+    - Identifies the managed zone addressed by this request. This must be a dictionary
+      that contains both a 'name' key and a 'dnsName' key. You can pass in the results
+      of the gcp_dns_managed_zone module, which will contain both.
     required: true
     type: dict
 extends_documentation_fragment: gcp
@@ -92,7 +89,9 @@ resources:
       type: list
     managed_zone:
       description:
-      - Identifies the managed zone addressed by this request.
+      - Identifies the managed zone addressed by this request. This must be a dictionary
+        that contains both a 'name' key and a 'dnsName' key. You can pass in the results
+        of the gcp_dns_managed_zone module, which will contain both.
       returned: success
       type: dict
 '''