diff --git a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/dsl.rb b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/dsl.rb
index 646337ab..e8f8478d 100644
--- a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/dsl.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/dsl.rb
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ module DSL
     # +block+:: Block to pass into describe
     #
     def resource(*args, &block)
-      options = if args.last.is_a?(Hash) then args.pop else {} end
+      options = args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? args.pop : {}
       options[:api_doc_dsl] = :resource
-      options[:resource_name] = args.first
+      options[:resource_name] = args.first.to_s
       options[:document] ||= :all
       args.push(options)
       describe(*args, &block)
diff --git a/spec/dsl_spec.rb b/spec/dsl_spec.rb
index a03ed1c4..57102dfa 100644
--- a/spec/dsl_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/dsl_spec.rb
@@ -583,3 +583,10 @@
     expect(example.metadata[:document]).to eq(:not_all)
   end
 end
+
+class Order; end
+resource Order do
+  it 'should have a string resource_name' do |example|
+    expect(example.metadata[:resource_name]).to eq(Order.to_s)
+  end
+end