diff --git a/appengine/storage/flexible/README.md b/appengine/storage/flexible/README.md
index de65b02ee3..771f214895 100644
--- a/appengine/storage/flexible/README.md
+++ b/appengine/storage/flexible/README.md
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ Before you can run or deploy the sample, you will need to do the following:
 1. Create a Cloud Storage Bucket. You can do this with the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk)
 with the following command:
 
-        gsutil mb gs://<your-bucket-name>
+        gcloud storage buckets create gs://<your-bucket-name>
 
 1. Set the default ACL on your bucket to public read in order to serve files
 directly from Cloud Storage. You can do this with the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk)
 with the following command:
 
-        gsutil defacl set public-read gs://<your-bucket-name>
+        gcloud storage buckets update gs://<your-bucket-name> --predefined-default-object-acl=publicRead
 
 1. Update the environment variables in `app.yaml`.
 
diff --git a/appengine/storage/flexible_nodejs16_and_earlier/README.md b/appengine/storage/flexible_nodejs16_and_earlier/README.md
index de65b02ee3..771f214895 100644
--- a/appengine/storage/flexible_nodejs16_and_earlier/README.md
+++ b/appengine/storage/flexible_nodejs16_and_earlier/README.md
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ Before you can run or deploy the sample, you will need to do the following:
 1. Create a Cloud Storage Bucket. You can do this with the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk)
 with the following command:
 
-        gsutil mb gs://<your-bucket-name>
+        gcloud storage buckets create gs://<your-bucket-name>
 
 1. Set the default ACL on your bucket to public read in order to serve files
 directly from Cloud Storage. You can do this with the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk)
 with the following command:
 
-        gsutil defacl set public-read gs://<your-bucket-name>
+        gcloud storage buckets update gs://<your-bucket-name> --predefined-default-object-acl=publicRead
 
 1. Update the environment variables in `app.yaml`.
 
diff --git a/appengine/storage/standard/README.md b/appengine/storage/standard/README.md
index 784d5eebea..9e2c63c220 100644
--- a/appengine/storage/standard/README.md
+++ b/appengine/storage/standard/README.md
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ Before you can run or deploy the sample, you will need to do the following:
 1. Create a Cloud Storage Bucket. You can do this with the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk)
 with the following command:
 
-        gsutil mb gs://<your-bucket-name>
+        gcloud storage buckets create gs://<your-bucket-name>
 
 1. Set the default ACL on your bucket to public read in order to serve files
 directly from Cloud Storage. You can do this with the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk)
 with the following command:
 
-        gsutil defacl set public-read gs://<your-bucket-name>
+        gcloud storage buckets update --predefined-default-object-acl=publicRead gs://<your-bucket-name>
 
 1. Update the environment variables in `app.yaml`.