diff --git a/pkg/apis/acme/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go b/pkg/apis/acme/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go
index a1b1ddc7d..5608d963a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acme/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acme/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ type ACMEIssuerDNS01ProviderCloudDNS struct {
 	Project        string                    `json:"project"`
 
 	// HostedZoneName is an optional field that tells cert-manager in which
-	// Cloud DNS zone the challenge record has te be create.
-	// If left empty cert-manager will automatically chose this zone.
+	// Cloud DNS zone the challenge record has to be created.
+	// If left empty cert-manager will automatically choose a zone.
 	// +optional
 	HostedZoneName string `json:"hostedZoneName,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acme/v1alpha3/types_issuer.go b/pkg/apis/acme/v1alpha3/types_issuer.go
index 790e0fdd7..6d555be57 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acme/v1alpha3/types_issuer.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acme/v1alpha3/types_issuer.go
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ type ACMEIssuerDNS01ProviderCloudDNS struct {
 	Project        string                    `json:"project"`
 
 	// HostedZoneName is an optional field that tells cert-manager in which
-	// Cloud DNS zone the challenge record has te be create.
-	// If left empty cert-manager will automatically chose this zone.
+	// Cloud DNS zone the challenge record has to be created.
+	// If left empty cert-manager will automatically choose a zone.
 	// +optional
 	HostedZoneName string `json:"hostedZoneName,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acme/v1beta1/types_issuer.go b/pkg/apis/acme/v1beta1/types_issuer.go
index 3fb964451..80bd5976a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acme/v1beta1/types_issuer.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acme/v1beta1/types_issuer.go
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ type ACMEIssuerDNS01ProviderCloudDNS struct {
 	Project        string                    `json:"project"`
 
 	// HostedZoneName is an optional field that tells cert-manager in which
-	// Cloud DNS zone the challenge record has te be create.
-	// If left empty cert-manager will automatically chose this zone.
+	// Cloud DNS zone the challenge record has to be created.
+	// If left empty cert-manager will automatically choose a zone.
 	// +optional
 	HostedZoneName string `json:"hostedZoneName,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/clouddns/clouddns.go b/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/clouddns/clouddns.go
index cfc3fbe12..87e49656e 100644
--- a/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/clouddns/clouddns.go
+++ b/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/clouddns/clouddns.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func NewDNSProvider(project string, saBytes []byte, dns01Nameservers []string, a
 func NewDNSProviderEnvironment(dns01Nameservers []string, hostedZoneName string) (*DNSProvider, error) {
 	project := os.Getenv("GCE_PROJECT")
 	if saFile, ok := os.LookupEnv("GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE"); ok {
-		return NewDNSProviderServiceAccount(project, saFile, dns01Nameservers, "")
+		return NewDNSProviderServiceAccount(project, saFile, dns01Nameservers, hostedZoneName)
 	}
 	return NewDNSProviderCredentials(project, dns01Nameservers, hostedZoneName)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/clouddns/clouddns_test.go b/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/clouddns/clouddns_test.go
index 8bf4ea969..4027a2ea2 100644
--- a/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/clouddns/clouddns_test.go
+++ b/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/clouddns/clouddns_test.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func TestLiveGoogleCloudCleanUp(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDNSProvider_getHostedZone(t *testing.T) {
-	testProvicer, err := NewDNSProviderCredentials("my-project", util.RecursiveNameservers, "test-zone")
+	testProvider, err := NewDNSProviderCredentials("my-project", util.RecursiveNameservers, "test-zone")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	type args struct {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestDNSProvider_getHostedZone(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name:     "test given hosted zone name",
-			provider: testProvicer,
+			provider: testProvider,
 			want:     "test-zone",
 			wantErr:  false,
 			args:     args{domain: "example.com"},