diff --git a/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/CHANGELOG.md
index fbf0393a812a..529617aea0e7 100644
--- a/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Features Added
 
 ### Breaking Changes
+- Renamed `DocumentElement` to `DocumentContentElement`.
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
diff --git a/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/azure/ai/formrecognizer/__init__.py b/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/azure/ai/formrecognizer/__init__.py
index c20ead661b69..5fafc1650083 100644
--- a/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/azure/ai/formrecognizer/__init__.py
+++ b/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/azure/ai/formrecognizer/__init__.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     AnalyzeResult,
     AnalyzedDocument,
     BoundingRegion,
-    DocumentElement,
+    DocumentContentElement,
     DocumentEntity,
     DocumentField,
     DocumentKeyValuePair,
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     "AnalyzeResult",
     "AnalyzedDocument",
     "BoundingRegion",
-    "DocumentElement",
+    "DocumentContentElement",
     "DocumentEntity",
     "DocumentField",
     "DocumentKeyValueElement",
diff --git a/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/azure/ai/formrecognizer/_models.py b/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/azure/ai/formrecognizer/_models.py
index e5260d3414d4..e593fe15c15a 100644
--- a/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/azure/ai/formrecognizer/_models.py
+++ b/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/azure/ai/formrecognizer/_models.py
@@ -2125,8 +2125,8 @@ def from_dict(cls, data):
         )
 
 
-class DocumentElement(object):
-    """A DocumentElement.
+class DocumentContentElement(object):
+    """A DocumentContentElement.
 
     :ivar content: Text content of the word.
     :vartype content: str
@@ -2143,13 +2143,13 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.kind = kwargs.get("kind", None)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "DocumentElement(content={}, bounding_box={}, kind={})".format(
+        return "DocumentContentElement(content={}, bounding_box={}, kind={})".format(
             self.content, self.bounding_box, self.kind
         )
 
     def to_dict(self):
         # type: () -> dict
-        """Returns a dict representation of DocumentElement.
+        """Returns a dict representation of DocumentContentElement.
 
         :return: dict
         :rtype: dict
@@ -2164,12 +2164,12 @@ def to_dict(self):
 
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls, data):
-        # type: (dict) -> DocumentElement
-        """Converts a dict in the shape of a DocumentElement to the model itself.
+        # type: (dict) -> DocumentContentElement
+        """Converts a dict in the shape of a DocumentContentElement to the model itself.
 
-        :param dict data: A dictionary in the shape of DocumentElement.
-        :return: DocumentElement
-        :rtype: DocumentElement
+        :param dict data: A dictionary in the shape of DocumentContentElement.
+        :return: DocumentContentElement
+        :rtype: DocumentContentElement
         """
         return cls(
             content=data.get("content", None),
@@ -2844,7 +2844,7 @@ def from_dict(cls, data):
         )
 
 
-class DocumentSelectionMark(DocumentElement):
+class DocumentSelectionMark(DocumentContentElement):
     """A selection mark object representing check boxes, radio buttons, and other elements indicating a selection.
 
     :ivar state: State of the selection mark. Possible values include: "selected",
@@ -3408,7 +3408,7 @@ def _from_generated(cls, op, api_version):  # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
         )
 
 
-class DocumentWord(DocumentElement):
+class DocumentWord(DocumentContentElement):
     """A word object consisting of a contiguous sequence of characters.  For non-space delimited languages,
     such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, each character is represented as its own word.
 
diff --git a/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/tests/test_repr.py b/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/tests/test_repr.py
index a2e8de9d9bbd..84fd5a825534 100644
--- a/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/tests/test_repr.py
+++ b/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/tests/test_repr.py
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ def bounding_region(bounding_box):
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def document_element(bounding_box):
-    model = _models.DocumentElement(content="content", kind="word", bounding_box=bounding_box[0])
-    model_repr = "DocumentElement(content=content, bounding_box={}, kind=word)".format(bounding_box[1])
+    model = _models.DocumentContentElement(content="content", kind="word", bounding_box=bounding_box[0])
+    model_repr = "DocumentContentElement(content=content, bounding_box={}, kind=word)".format(bounding_box[1])
     assert repr(model) == model_repr
     return model, model_repr
 
diff --git a/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/tests/test_to_dict_v3.py b/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/tests/test_to_dict_v3.py
index a326955697f3..6ecfc856fc78 100644
--- a/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/tests/test_to_dict_v3.py
+++ b/sdk/formrecognizer/azure-ai-formrecognizer/tests/test_to_dict_v3.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def test_document_span_to_dict(self):
         assert d == final
 
     def test_document_element_to_dict(self):
-        model = _models.DocumentElement(
+        model = _models.DocumentContentElement(
             content="sample",
             bounding_box=[
                 _models.Point(1427.0, 1669.0),