diff --git a/cmd/ocm/create/idp/cmd.go b/cmd/ocm/create/idp/cmd.go
index 54e7df26..62dc1e69 100644
--- a/cmd/ocm/create/idp/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/ocm/create/idp/cmd.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func init() {
 		&args.googleHostedDomain,
 		"hosted-domain",
 		"",
-		"Google: Restrict users to a Google Apps domain.\n",
+		"Google: Restrict users to a Google Apps domain. Example: http://redhat.com (scheme required)\n",
 	)
 
 	// LDAP
diff --git a/cmd/ocm/create/idp/google.go b/cmd/ocm/create/idp/google.go
index e5ee76f7..23e3ce93 100644
--- a/cmd/ocm/create/idp/google.go
+++ b/cmd/ocm/create/idp/google.go
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ func buildGoogleIdp(cluster *cmv1.Cluster, idpName string) (idpBuilder cmv1.Iden
 		ClientSecret(clientSecret)
 
 	if hostedDomain != "" {
-		_, err = url.ParseRequestURI(hostedDomain)
+		hostedDomainParsed, err := url.ParseRequestURI(hostedDomain)
 		if err != nil {
 			return idpBuilder, fmt.Errorf("Expected a valid Hosted Domain: %v", err)
 		}
 		// Set the hosted domain, if any
-		googleIDP = googleIDP.HostedDomain(hostedDomain)
+		googleIDP = googleIDP.HostedDomain(hostedDomainParsed.Hostname())
 	}
 
 	// Create new IDP with Google provider