diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster.go b/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster.go
index 6a50c6e7f628..4dfbed9af706 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster.go
@@ -617,13 +617,11 @@ func resourceAwsDocDBClusterUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 	}
 
 	if d.HasChange("db_cluster_parameter_group_name") {
-		d.SetPartial("db_cluster_parameter_group_name")
 		req.DBClusterParameterGroupName = aws.String(d.Get("db_cluster_parameter_group_name").(string))
 		requestUpdate = true
 	}
 
 	if d.HasChange("enabled_cloudwatch_logs_exports") {
-		d.SetPartial("enabled_cloudwatch_logs_exports")
 		req.CloudwatchLogsExportConfiguration = buildDocDBCloudwatchLogsExportConfiguration(d)
 		requestUpdate = true
 	}
@@ -669,7 +667,6 @@ func resourceAwsDocDBClusterUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 			return fmt.Errorf("error updating DocumentDB Cluster (%s) tags: %s", d.Get("arn").(string), err)
 		}
 
-		d.SetPartial("tags")
 	}
 
 	return resourceAwsDocDBClusterRead(d, meta)
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster_instance.go b/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster_instance.go
index 8ddf4ac2b44d..572024e408fb 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster_instance.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster_instance.go
@@ -342,25 +342,21 @@ func resourceAwsDocDBClusterInstanceUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 	}
 
 	if d.HasChange("preferred_maintenance_window") {
-		d.SetPartial("preferred_maintenance_window")
 		req.PreferredMaintenanceWindow = aws.String(d.Get("preferred_maintenance_window").(string))
 		requestUpdate = true
 	}
 
 	if d.HasChange("auto_minor_version_upgrade") {
-		d.SetPartial("auto_minor_version_upgrade")
 		req.AutoMinorVersionUpgrade = aws.Bool(d.Get("auto_minor_version_upgrade").(bool))
 		requestUpdate = true
 	}
 
 	if d.HasChange("promotion_tier") {
-		d.SetPartial("promotion_tier")
 		req.PromotionTier = aws.Int64(int64(d.Get("promotion_tier").(int)))
 		requestUpdate = true
 	}
 
 	if d.HasChange("ca_cert_identifier") {
-		d.SetPartial("ca_cert_identifier")
 		req.CACertificateIdentifier = aws.String(d.Get("ca_cert_identifier").(string))
 		requestUpdate = true
 	}
@@ -410,7 +406,6 @@ func resourceAwsDocDBClusterInstanceUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interfac
 			return fmt.Errorf("error updating DocumentDB Cluster Instance (%s) tags: %s", d.Get("arn").(string), err)
 		}
 
-		d.SetPartial("tags")
 	}
 
 	return resourceAwsDocDBClusterInstanceRead(d, meta)
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster_parameter_group.go b/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster_parameter_group.go
index 1cfc3153130f..6e142ed2ffda 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster_parameter_group.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_docdb_cluster_parameter_group.go
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ func resourceAwsDocDBClusterParameterGroupRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta inte
 func resourceAwsDocDBClusterParameterGroupUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).docdbconn
 
-	d.Partial(true)
-
 	if d.HasChange("parameter") {
 		o, n := d.GetChange("parameter")
 		if o == nil {
@@ -227,7 +225,6 @@ func resourceAwsDocDBClusterParameterGroupUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta in
 					return fmt.Errorf("Error modifying DocDB Cluster Parameter Group: %s", err)
 				}
 			}
-			d.SetPartial("parameter")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -237,12 +234,8 @@ func resourceAwsDocDBClusterParameterGroupUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta in
 		if err := keyvaluetags.DocdbUpdateTags(conn, d.Get("arn").(string), o, n); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error updating DocumentDB Cluster Parameter Group (%s) tags: %s", d.Get("arn").(string), err)
 		}
-
-		d.SetPartial("tags")
 	}
 
-	d.Partial(false)
-
 	return resourceAwsDocDBClusterParameterGroupRead(d, meta)
 }
 
diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_docdb_subnet_group.go b/aws/resource_aws_docdb_subnet_group.go
index 568013c5c408..739c45450889 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_docdb_subnet_group.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_docdb_subnet_group.go
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ func resourceAwsDocDBSubnetGroupUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 		if err := keyvaluetags.DocdbUpdateTags(conn, d.Get("arn").(string), o, n); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error updating DocumentDB Subnet Group (%s) tags: %s", d.Get("arn").(string), err)
 		}
-
-		d.SetPartial("tags")
 	}
 
 	return resourceAwsDocDBSubnetGroupRead(d, meta)