diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b0ff65..95db0a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -314,5 +314,5 @@
 * 2.9.0 -- 2023-05-26
   - vpn-transit-gateway
     - new variables for creating cloudwatch alarms
-      - create_cloudwatch_alarms
+      - enable_cloudwatch_alarms
       - cloudwatch_alarm_topic_arn
diff --git a/vpn-transit-gateway/README.md b/vpn-transit-gateway/README.md
index 38d14e8..dd9e338 100644
--- a/vpn-transit-gateway/README.md
+++ b/vpn-transit-gateway/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module "vpn_transit-gateway" {
 
  # optional
  # use_tgw_prefixes = true
- # create_cloudwatch_alarms = true
+ # enable_cloudwatch_alarms = true
  # cloudwatch_alarm_topic_arn = data.aws_sns_topic.mytopic.arn
 }
 ```
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ No modules.
 | <a name="input_account_id"></a> [account\_id](#input\_account\_id) | AWS Account ID (default: will pull from current user) | `string` | `""` | no |
 | <a name="input_cloudwatch_alarm_topic_arn"></a> [cloudwatch\_alarm\_topic\_arn](#input\_cloudwatch\_alarm\_topic\_arn) | SNS ARN for Cloudwtch Metric Alarms for VPN tunnels.  If null, no alarms will be created. | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_create"></a> [create](#input\_create) | Flag to indicate whether to create the resources or not (default: true) | `bool` | `true` | no |
-| <a name="input_create_cloudwatch_alarms"></a> [create\_cloudwatch\_alarms](#input\_create\_cloudwatch\_alarms) | Flag to enable or disable creation of Cloudwatch Metric Alarms for VPN tunnels (requires cloudwatch\_alarm\_topic\_arn to be defined). | `bool` | n/a | yes |
+| <a name="input_enable_cloudwatch_alarms"></a> [enable\_cloudwatch\_alarms](#input\_enable\_cloudwatch\_alarms) | Flag to enable or disable creation of Cloudwatch Metric Alarms for VPN tunnels (requires cloudwatch\_alarm\_topic\_arn to be defined). | `bool` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_enable_cloudwatch_logging"></a> [enable\_cloudwatch\_logging](#input\_enable\_cloudwatch\_logging) | Flag to enable or disable VPN tunnel logging to CloudWatch.  If Enabled, it will create the cloudwatch log groups | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_generate_json_files"></a> [generate\_json\_files](#input\_generate\_json\_files) | Flag to enable or disable generation of JSON file from VPN information | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_generate_yaml_files"></a> [generate\_yaml\_files](#input\_generate\_yaml\_files) | Flag to enable or disable generation of YAML file from VPN information | `bool` | `true` | no |
diff --git a/vpn-transit-gateway/main.tf b/vpn-transit-gateway/main.tf
index 73b73a6..abcebe9 100644
--- a/vpn-transit-gateway/main.tf
+++ b/vpn-transit-gateway/main.tf
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 *
 *  # optional
 *  # use_tgw_prefixes = true
-*  # create_cloudwatch_alarms = true
+*  # enable_cloudwatch_alarms = true
 *  # cloudwatch_alarm_topic_arn = data.aws_sns_topic.mytopic.arn
 * }
 * ```
diff --git a/vpn-transit-gateway/variables.tf b/vpn-transit-gateway/variables.tf
index ec8033d..bebdb0c 100644
--- a/vpn-transit-gateway/variables.tf
+++ b/vpn-transit-gateway/variables.tf
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ variable "use_single_cgw" {
   default     = false
 }
 
-variable "create_cloudwatch_alarms" {
+variable "enable_cloudwatch_alarms" {
   description = "Flag to enable or disable creation of Cloudwatch Metric Alarms for VPN tunnels (requires cloudwatch_alarm_topic_arn to be defined)."
   type        = bool
   defualt     = true