diff --git a/samples/snippets/sample_create_vm.py b/samples/snippets/sample_create_vm.py
index 5b4377d98..1ea6ba2d2 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/sample_create_vm.py
+++ b/samples/snippets/sample_create_vm.py
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 # [START compute_instances_create_from_snapshot]
 # [START compute_instances_create_from_image_plus_empty_disk]
 # [START compute_instances_create_from_custom_image]
-# [START compute_instances_create_from_image ]
+# [START compute_instances_create_from_image]
 from google.cloud import compute_v1
 
 
-# [END compute_instances_create_from_image ]
+# [END compute_instances_create_from_image]
 # [END compute_instances_create_from_custom_image]
 # [END compute_instances_create_from_image_plus_empty_disk]
 # [END compute_instances_create_from_snapshot]