diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
index efabb16385..2950e252d0 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func resourceAwsAutoscalingGroupCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 		autoScalingGroupOpts.DefaultCooldown = aws.Integer(v.(int))
 	}
 
-	if v, ok := d.GetOk("health_check"); ok && v.(string) != "" {
+	if v, ok := d.GetOk("health_check_type"); ok && v.(string) != "" {
 		autoScalingGroupOpts.HealthCheckType = aws.String(v.(string))
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
index d940bb40d6..2a7e053be3 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_autoscaling_group_test.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func testAccCheckAWSAutoScalingGroupAttributes(group *autoscaling.AutoScalingGro
 		}
 
 		if *group.HealthCheckType != "ELB" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Bad health_check_type: %s", *group.HealthCheckType)
+			return fmt.Errorf("Bad health_check_type,\nexpected: %s\ngot: %s", "ELB", *group.HealthCheckType)
 		}
 
 		if *group.HealthCheckGracePeriod != 300 {