diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/BlobSnippets.java b/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/BlobSnippets.java
index b761e3c35de9..a120dad158ac 100644
--- a/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/BlobSnippets.java
+++ b/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/BlobSnippets.java
@@ -189,6 +189,23 @@ public void reader() throws IOException {
     // [END reader]
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Example of reading just a portion of the blob's content.
+   */
+  // [TARGET reader(BlobSourceOption...)]
+  // [VARIABLE 1]
+  // [VARIABLE 8]
+  public byte[] readContentRange(int start, int end) throws IOException {
+    // [START readContentRange]
+    try (ReadChannel reader = blob.reader()) {
+      reader.seek(start);
+      ByteBuffer bytes = ByteBuffer.allocate(end - start);
+      reader.read(bytes);
+      return bytes.array();
+    }
+    // [END readContentRange]
+  }
+
   /**
    * Example of writing the blob's content through a writer.
    */
diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/StorageSnippets.java b/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/StorageSnippets.java
index 5424d1b650b9..88780cce0956 100644
--- a/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/StorageSnippets.java
+++ b/google-cloud-examples/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/StorageSnippets.java
@@ -90,6 +90,23 @@ public Bucket createBucket(String bucketName) {
     return bucket;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Example of creating a bucket with storage class and location.
+   */
+  // [TARGET create(BucketInfo, BucketTargetOption...)]
+  // [VARIABLE "my_unique_bucket"]
+  public Bucket createBucketWithStorageClassAndLocation(String bucketName) {
+    // [START createBucketWithStorageClassAndLocation]
+    Bucket bucket = storage.create(BucketInfo.newBuilder(bucketName)
+        // See here for possible values: http://g.co/cloud/storage/docs/storage-classes
+        .setStorageClass("COLDLINE")
+        // Possible values: http://g.co/cloud/storage/docs/bucket-locations#location-mr
+        .setLocation("asia")
+        .build());
+    // [END createBucketWithStorageClassAndLocation]
+    return bucket;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Example of creating a blob with no content.
    */
diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/ITBlobSnippets.java b/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/ITBlobSnippets.java
index 063899bf50d6..770009e34209 100644
--- a/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/ITBlobSnippets.java
+++ b/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/ITBlobSnippets.java
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ public void testBlob() throws IOException {
     }
     assertFalse(blobSnippets.delete());
     blobSnippets = new BlobSnippets(storage.get(blob.getBucket(), blob.getName()));
+
+    byte[] subcontent = blobSnippets.readContentRange(1, 8);
+    assertArrayEquals("ello, W".getBytes(UTF_8), subcontent);
+
     assertNull(blobSnippets.getAcl());
     assertNotNull(blobSnippets.createAcl());
     Acl updatedAcl = blobSnippets.updateAcl();
diff --git a/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/ITStorageSnippets.java b/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/ITStorageSnippets.java
index 4e05a3eaa5c4..d215b2e5b908 100644
--- a/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/ITStorageSnippets.java
+++ b/google-cloud-examples/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/examples/storage/snippets/ITStorageSnippets.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ public class ITStorageSnippets {
 
   private static Storage storage;
   private static StorageSnippets storageSnippets;
+  private static List<String> bucketsToCleanUp;
 
   @Rule
   public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
@@ -75,20 +77,35 @@ public class ITStorageSnippets {
   public static void beforeClass() {
     RemoteStorageHelper helper = RemoteStorageHelper.create();
     storage = helper.getOptions().getService();
+    bucketsToCleanUp = new ArrayList<String>();
     storageSnippets = new StorageSnippets(storage);
     storageSnippets.createBucket(BUCKET);
+    bucketsToCleanUp.add(BUCKET);
   }
 
   @AfterClass
   public static void afterClass() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
     if (storage != null) {
-      boolean wasDeleted = RemoteStorageHelper.forceDelete(storage, BUCKET, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-      if (!wasDeleted && log.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
-        log.log(Level.WARNING, "Deletion of bucket {0} timed out, bucket is not empty", BUCKET);
+      for (String bucket : bucketsToCleanUp) {
+        boolean wasDeleted = RemoteStorageHelper.forceDelete(storage, bucket, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        if (!wasDeleted && log.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
+          log.log(Level.WARNING, "Deletion of bucket {0} timed out, bucket is not empty", bucket);
+        }
       }
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateBucketWithStorageClassAndLocation()
+      throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+    String tempBucket = RemoteStorageHelper.generateBucketName();
+    bucketsToCleanUp.add(tempBucket);
+
+    Bucket bucket = storageSnippets.createBucketWithStorageClassAndLocation(tempBucket);
+
+    assertNotNull(bucket);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testBlob() throws InterruptedException {
     String blobName = "directory/test-blob";
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Blob.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Blob.java
index 2f6667a5a062..6f71b03c8de7 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Blob.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Blob.java
@@ -617,6 +617,18 @@ public CopyWriter copyTo(String targetBucket, String targetBlob, BlobSourceOptio
    * }
    * }</pre>
    *
+   * <p>Example of reading just a portion of the blob's content.
+   * <pre> {@code
+   * int start = 1;
+   * int end = 8;
+   * try (ReadChannel reader = blob.reader()) {
+   *   reader.seek(start);
+   *   ByteBuffer bytes = ByteBuffer.allocate(end - start);
+   *   reader.read(bytes);
+   *   return bytes.array();
+   * }
+   * }</pre>
+   *
    * @param options blob read options
    * @throws StorageException upon failure
    */
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java
index f2e779a18f15..1cb268e81d7d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java
@@ -1496,6 +1496,17 @@ public static Builder newBuilder() {
    * Bucket bucket = storage.create(BucketInfo.of(bucketName));
    * }</pre>
    *
+   * <p>Example of creating a bucket with storage class and location.
+   * <pre> {@code
+   * String bucketName = "my_unique_bucket";
+   * Bucket bucket = storage.create(BucketInfo.newBuilder(bucketName)
+   *     // See here for possible values: http://g.co/cloud/storage/docs/storage-classes
+   *     .setStorageClass("COLDLINE")
+   *     // Possible values: http://g.co/cloud/storage/docs/bucket-locations#location-mr
+   *     .setLocation("asia")
+   *     .build());
+   * }</pre>
+   *
    * @return a complete bucket
    * @throws StorageException upon failure
    */