diff --git a/.gitlab/merge_request_templates/default.md b/.gitlab/merge_request_templates/default.md
index 30b5728265169035761fddd28062b2664024c71d..9dc78d75601ea9e1f76dce570a0f4093c9498cc0 100644
--- a/.gitlab/merge_request_templates/default.md
+++ b/.gitlab/merge_request_templates/default.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ## Does this introduce a change in the cloud provider implementation, if so which cloud?
 - [ ] AWS 
 - [ ] Azure
-- [ ] GCP
+- [ ] Google Cloud
 - [ ] IBM
 
 ## Does this introduce a breaking change?
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e329462206958daaed3c2d1524f66633b9ec89f5..4ae65b0ac31adfc0d61c412aa7fc9e0cae438cc0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 All documentation for the Azure implementation of `os-search` lives [here](./provider/search-azure/README.md)
 
-## GCP Implementation
+## Google Cloud Implementation
 
-All documentation for the GCP implementation of `os-search` lives [here](./provider/search-gcp/README.md)
+All documentation for the GC implementation of `os-search` lives [here](./provider/search-gcp/README.md)
 
 ## AWS Implementation
 
diff --git a/provider/search-gcp/README.md b/provider/search-gcp/README.md
index 097d3a808677fa762f4cc9266b8e42afd6d09d98..80a1f519b0cbb558a88b86879a767101eec098a0 100644
--- a/provider/search-gcp/README.md
+++ b/provider/search-gcp/README.md
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ Pre-requisites
 ## Service Configuration
 ### Anthos:
 [Anthos service configuration ](docs/anthos/README.md)
-### GCP:
-[Gcp service configuration ](docs/gcp/README.md)
+### Google Cloud:
+[Google Cloud service configuration ](docs/gcp/README.md)
 
 ### Run Locally
 Check that maven is installed:
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ This section describes how to run cloud OSDU E2E tests.
 
 ### Anthos test configuration:
 [Anthos service configuration ](docs/anthos/README.md)
-### GCP test configuration:
-[Gcp service configuration ](docs/gcp/README.md)
+### Google Cloud test configuration:
+[Google Cloud service configuration ](docs/gcp/README.md)
 
 ## Deployment
 
diff --git a/provider/search-gcp/docs/anthos/README.md b/provider/search-gcp/docs/anthos/README.md
index 2ca54f35fae3c9f539540cd4f12554d24f95641e..a82a7693653c66bbe4dfcd7ba6c8916a086a84bd 100644
--- a/provider/search-gcp/docs/anthos/README.md
+++ b/provider/search-gcp/docs/anthos/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Must have:
 
 | name | value | description | sensitive? | source |
 | ---  | ---   | ---         | ---        | ---    |
-| `SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE` | ex `anthos` | Spring profile that activate default configuration for GCP environment | false | - |
+| `SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE` | ex `anthos` | Spring profile that activate default configuration for Google Cloud environment | false | - |
 | `<ELASTICSEARCH_USER_ENV_VARIABLE_NAME>` | ex `user` | Elasticsearch user, name of that variable not defined at the service level, the name will be received through partition service. Each tenant can have it's own ENV name value, and it must be present in ENV of Indexer service, see [Partition properties set](#Properties-set-in-Partition-service)  | yes | - |
 | `<ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD_ENV_VARIABLE_NAME>` | ex `password` | Elasticsearch password, name of that variable not defined at the service level, the name will be received through partition service. Each tenant can have it's own ENV name value, and it must be present in ENV of Indexer service, see [Partition properties set](#Properties-set-in-Partition-service) | false | - |
 
diff --git a/provider/search-gcp/docs/gcp/README.md b/provider/search-gcp/docs/gcp/README.md
index c0320e08d03d536c4695d41265306703c4c95830..8a2b108b8163c578f98fb6c5a5cedbdd05414d23 100644
--- a/provider/search-gcp/docs/gcp/README.md
+++ b/provider/search-gcp/docs/gcp/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Service Configuration for GCP
+## Service Configuration for Google Cloud
 
 ## Environment variables:
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Must have:
 
 | name | value | description | sensitive? | source |
 | ---  | ---   | ---         | ---        | ---    |
-| `SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE` | ex `gcp` | Spring profile that activate default configuration for GCP environment | false | - |
+| `SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE` | ex `gcp` | Spring profile that activate default configuration for Google Cloud environment | false | - |
 | `GOOGLE_AUDIENCES` | ex `*****.apps.googleusercontent.com` | Client ID for getting access to cloud resources | yes | https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials |
 | `<ELASTICSEARCH_USER_ENV_VARIABLE_NAME>` | ex `user` | Elasticsearch user, name of that variable not defined at the service level, the name will be received through partition service. Each tenant can have it's own ENV name value, and it must be present in ENV of Indexer service, see [Partition properties set](#Properties-set-in-Partition-service)  | yes | - |
 | `<ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD_ENV_VARIABLE_NAME>` | ex `password` | Elasticsearch password, name of that variable not defined at the service level, the name will be received through partition service. Each tenant can have it's own ENV name value, and it must be present in ENV of Indexer service, see [Partition properties set](#Properties-set-in-Partition-service) | false | - |