diff --git a/google/cloud/speech/README.md b/google/cloud/speech/README.md
index acef167471078..55b776f559be0 100644
--- a/google/cloud/speech/README.md
+++ b/google/cloud/speech/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void ConfigureRecognizer(google::cloud::speech::v2::RecognizeRequest& request) {
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
   auto constexpr kDefaultUri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/speech/hello.wav";
-  if (argc < 3 || argc > 4) {
+  if (argc != 3 && argc != 4) {
     std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " project <region>|global [gcs-uri]\n"
               << "  Specify the region desired or \"global\"\n"
               << "  The gcs-uri must be in gs://... format. It defaults to "
diff --git a/google/cloud/speech/quickstart/quickstart.cc b/google/cloud/speech/quickstart/quickstart.cc
index 768af450b58ac..4ef225fb2ad44 100644
--- a/google/cloud/speech/quickstart/quickstart.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/speech/quickstart/quickstart.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void ConfigureRecognizer(google::cloud::speech::v2::RecognizeRequest& request) {
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) try {
   auto constexpr kDefaultUri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/speech/hello.wav";
-  if (argc < 3 || argc > 4) {
+  if (argc != 3 && argc != 4) {
     std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " project <region>|global [gcs-uri]\n"
               << "  Specify the region desired or \"global\"\n"
               << "  The gcs-uri must be in gs://... format. It defaults to "