diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/EnvVarResource.java b/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/EnvVarResource.java
index 6746f84c618..74ee4f1427a 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/EnvVarResource.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/EnvVarResource.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Provides a framework for detection of resource information from the environment variable
- * "OC_RESOURCE_LABELS".
+ * "OTEL_RESOURCE_LABELS".
  *
  * @since 0.1.0
  */
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public final class EnvVarResource {
   private EnvVarResource() {}
 
   /**
-   * Returns a {@link Resource}. This resource information is loaded from the OC_RESOURCE_LABELS
+   * Returns a {@link Resource}. This resource information is loaded from the OTEL_RESOURCE_LABELS
    * environment variable.
    *
    * @return a {@code Resource}.
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ public static Resource getResource() {
   }
 
   /*
-   * Creates a label map from the OC_RESOURCE_LABELS environment variable.
+   * Creates a label map from the OTEL_RESOURCE_LABELS environment variable.
    *
-   * <p>OC_RESOURCE_LABELS: A comma-separated list of labels describing the source in more detail,
+   * <p>OTEL_RESOURCE_LABELS: A comma-separated list of labels describing the source in more detail,
    * e.g. “key1=val1,key2=val2”. Domain names and paths are accepted as label keys. Values may be
    * quoted or unquoted in general. If a value contains whitespaces, =, or " characters, it must
    * always be quoted.
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/package-info.java b/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/package-info.java
index 8439c11d56f..2170b278169 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/package-info.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/package-info.java
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
  * <p>One environment variables is used to populate resource information:
  *
  * <ul>
- *   <li>OC_RESOURCE_LABELS: A comma-separated list of labels describing the source in more detail,
- *       e.g. “key1=val1,key2=val2”. The allowed character set is appropriately constrained.
+ *   <li>OTEL_RESOURCE_LABELS: A comma-separated list of labels describing the source in more
+ *       detail, e.g. “key1=val1,key2=val2”. The allowed character set is appropriately constrained.
  * </ul>
  *
  * <p>Label keys, and label values MUST contain only printable ASCII (codes between 32 and 126,