diff --git a/dataflow/encryption-keys/README.md b/dataflow/encryption-keys/README.md
index 0c051fad1b4..eae43f1d4fa 100644
--- a/dataflow/encryption-keys/README.md
+++ b/dataflow/encryption-keys/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Additionally, for this sample you need the following:
 
    ```sh
    export BUCKET=your-gcs-bucket
-   gsutil mb gs://$BUCKET
+   gcloud storage buckets create gs://$BUCKET
    ```
 
 1. [Create a symmetric key ring](https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/creating-keys).
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ To avoid incurring charges to your GCP account for the resources used:
 
 ```sh
 # Remove only the files created by this sample.
-gsutil -m rm -rf "gs://$BUCKET/samples/dataflow/kms"
+gcloud storage rm --recursive --continue-on-error "gs://$BUCKET/samples/dataflow/kms"
 
 # [optional] Remove the Cloud Storage bucket.
-gsutil rb gs://$BUCKET
+gcloud storage buckets delete gs://$BUCKET
 
 # Remove the BigQuery table.
 bq rm -f -t $PROJECT:$DATASET.$TABLE
diff --git a/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery/README.md b/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery/README.md
index af795228a22..051e18fdae2 100644
--- a/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery/README.md
+++ b/dataflow/flex-templates/kafka_to_bigquery/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Additionally, for this sample you need the following:
 
     ```sh
     export BUCKET="your-gcs-bucket"
-    gsutil mb gs://$BUCKET
+    gcloud storage buckets create gs://$BUCKET
     ```
 
 1. Create a [BigQuery dataset](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/datasets).
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ The following sections describe how to delete or turn off these resources.
 1. Delete the template spec file from Cloud Storage.
 
     ```sh
-    gsutil rm $TEMPLATE_PATH
+    gcloud storage rm $TEMPLATE_PATH
     ```
 
 1. Delete the Flex Template container images from Container Registry.
@@ -439,5 +439,5 @@ The following sections describe how to delete or turn off these resources.
     > These objects cannot be recovered.
     >
     > ```sh
-    > gsutil rm -r gs://$BUCKET
+    > gcloud storage rm --recursive gs://$BUCKET
     > ```
diff --git a/dataflow/flex-templates/streaming_beam_sql/README.md b/dataflow/flex-templates/streaming_beam_sql/README.md
index a047c21ea2e..300228ada26 100644
--- a/dataflow/flex-templates/streaming_beam_sql/README.md
+++ b/dataflow/flex-templates/streaming_beam_sql/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Additionally, for this sample you need the following:
 
     ```sh
     export BUCKET="your-gcs-bucket"
-    gsutil mb gs://$BUCKET
+    gcloud storage buckets create gs://$BUCKET
     ```
 
 1. Create a
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ The following sections describe how to delete or turn off these resources.
 1. Delete the template spec file from Cloud Storage.
 
     ```sh
-    gsutil rm $TEMPLATE_PATH
+    gcloud storage rm $TEMPLATE_PATH
     ```
 
 1. Delete the Flex Template container image from Container Registry.
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ The following sections describe how to delete or turn off these resources.
     > These objects cannot be recovered.
     >
     > ```sh
-    > gsutil rm -r gs://$BUCKET
+    > gcloud storage rm --recursive gs://$BUCKET
     > ```
 
 ## Limitations
diff --git a/dataflow/templates/README.md b/dataflow/templates/README.md
index 4e2964b1da2..3cc013dbbd7 100644
--- a/dataflow/templates/README.md
+++ b/dataflow/templates/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Additionally, for this sample you need the following:
 
    ```sh
    export BUCKET=your-gcs-bucket
-   gsutil mb gs://$BUCKET
+   gcloud storage buckets create gs://$BUCKET
    ```
 
 1. Clone the `java-docs-samples` repository.
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ mvn compile exec:java \
     --runner=DataflowRunner"
 
 # Upload the metadata file.
-gsutil cp WordCount_metadata "$TEMPLATE_LOCATION"_metadata
+gcloud storage cp WordCount_metadata "$TEMPLATE_LOCATION"_metadata
 ```
 
 > For more information, see
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ To avoid incurring charges to your GCP account for the resources used:
 
 ```bash
 # Remove only the files created by this sample.
-gsutil -m rm -rf "$TEMPLATE_LOCATION*"
-gsutil -m rm -rf "gs://$BUCKET/samples/dataflow/wordcount/"
+gcloud storage rm --recursive --continue-on-error "$TEMPLATE_LOCATION*"
+gcloud storage rm --recursive --continue-on-error "gs://$BUCKET/samples/dataflow/wordcount/"
 
 # [optional] Remove the Cloud Storage bucket.
-gsutil rb gs://$BUCKET
+gcloud storage buckets delete gs://$BUCKET
 ```