diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/pubsub/snippets/PublisherSnippets.java b/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/pubsub/snippets/PublisherSnippets.java
index dbb8045861d4..32f438d0daba 100644
--- a/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/pubsub/snippets/PublisherSnippets.java
+++ b/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/pubsub/snippets/PublisherSnippets.java
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ public Publisher getPublisherWithCustomBatchSettings(ProjectTopicName topicName)
       throws Exception {
     // [START pubsub_publisher_batch_settings]
     // Batch settings control how the publisher batches messages
-    long requestBytesThreshold = 5000L; // default : 1kb
-    long messageCountBatchSize = 10L; // default : 100
+    long requestBytesThreshold = 5000L; // default : 1 byte
+    long messageCountBatchSize = 10L; // default : 1 message
 
     Duration publishDelayThreshold = Duration.ofMillis(100); // default : 1 ms