diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bba06a7e60d4..03bf2e69f915 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ import com.google.gcloud.storage.StorageOptions;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
 
-StorageOptions options = StorageOptions.builder().projectId("project").build();
-Storage storage = options.service();
+Storage storage = StorageOptions.defaultInstance().service();
 BlobId blobId = BlobId.of("bucket", "blob_name");
 Blob blob = Blob.load(storage, blobId);
 if (blob == null) {
diff --git a/gcloud-java-storage/README.md b/gcloud-java-storage/README.md
index 8b19484dd14d..0302439a4314 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-storage/README.md
+++ b/gcloud-java-storage/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ import com.google.gcloud.storage.StorageOptions;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
 
-Storage storage = StorageOptions.getDefaultInstance().service();
+Storage storage = StorageOptions.defaultInstance().service();
 Blob blob = new Blob(storage, "bucket", "blob_name");
 if (!blob.exists()) {
   storage2.create(blob.info(), "Hello, Cloud Storage!".getBytes(UTF_8));