diff --git a/internal/backend/remote-state/s3/backend.go b/internal/backend/remote-state/s3/backend.go
index 3a50e9705a..26ea72c9fa 100644
--- a/internal/backend/remote-state/s3/backend.go
+++ b/internal/backend/remote-state/s3/backend.go
@@ -130,15 +130,15 @@ func (b *Backend) ConfigSchema() *configschema.Block {
 				Optional:    true,
 				Description: "Skip the credentials validation via STS API.",
 			},
-			"skip_region_validation": {
+			"skip_metadata_api_check": {
 				Type:        cty.Bool,
 				Optional:    true,
-				Description: "Skip static validation of region name.",
+				Description: "Skip the AWS Metadata API check.",
 			},
-			"skip_metadata_api_check": {
+			"skip_region_validation": {
 				Type:        cty.Bool,
 				Optional:    true,
-				Description: "Skip the AWS Metadata API check.",
+				Description: "Skip static validation of region name.",
 			},
 			"sse_customer_key": {
 				Type:        cty.String,