diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartGrpcDpSample.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartGrpcDpSample.java
index 649b873142..2c49be36b2 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartGrpcDpSample.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartGrpcDpSample.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 public class QuickstartGrpcDpSample {
   public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
 
+    // Create an instance of options which will use the Google Cloud Storage gRPC API for all
+    // operations
     StorageOptions options = StorageOptions.grpc().setAttemptDirectPath(true).build();
 
     // Instantiates a client in a try-with-resource to automatically cleanup underlying resources
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
       // The name for the new bucket
       String bucketName = args[0]; // "my-new-bucket";
 
-      // Creates the new bucket
+      // Creates the new bucket using a request to the gRPC API
       Bucket bucket = storage.create(BucketInfo.of(bucketName));
 
       System.out.printf("Bucket %s created.%n", bucket.getName());
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartGrpcSample.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartGrpcSample.java
index c53b7fa4f9..84c737ba97 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartGrpcSample.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartGrpcSample.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 public class QuickstartGrpcSample {
   public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
 
+    // Create an instance of options which will use the Google Cloud Storage gRPC API for all
+    // operations
     StorageOptions options = StorageOptions.grpc().build();
 
     // Instantiates a client in a try-with-resource to automatically cleanup underlying resources
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
       // The name for the new bucket
       String bucketName = args[0]; // "my-new-bucket";
 
-      // Creates the new bucket
+      // Creates the new bucket using a request to the gRPC API
       Bucket bucket = storage.create(BucketInfo.of(bucketName));
 
       System.out.printf("Bucket %s created.%n", bucket.getName());
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartSampleIT.java b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartSampleIT.java
index c4a50ef72a..0fb5c0581c 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartSampleIT.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/storage/QuickstartSampleIT.java
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ public class QuickstartSampleIT {
 
   private String bucketName;
 
-  private static final void deleteBucket(String bucketName) {
+  private static void deleteBucket(String bucketName) {
     Storage storage = StorageOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();
     storage.delete(bucketName);
   }
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
-    bucketName = "my-new-bucket-" + UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    bucketName = "my-new-bucket-" + UUID.randomUUID();
   }
 
   @After