diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/sample_firewall.py b/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/sample_firewall.py
index 01a60c3d8e22..1454932a38c2 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/sample_firewall.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/sample_firewall.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ def list_firewall_rules(project_id: str) -> Iterable:
 # [END compute_firewall_list]
 
 
-def print_firewall_rule(project_id: str, firewall_rule_name: str):
+def get_firewall_rule(project_id: str, firewall_rule_name: str) -> compute_v1.Firewall:
     firewall_client = compute_v1.FirewallsClient()
-    print(firewall_client.get(project=project_id, firewall=firewall_rule_name))
+    return firewall_client.get(project=project_id, firewall=firewall_rule_name)
 
 
 # [START compute_firewall_create]
@@ -72,15 +72,17 @@ def create_firewall_rule(
     firewall_rule.name = firewall_rule_name
     firewall_rule.direction = compute_v1.Firewall.Direction.INGRESS
 
-    tcp_80_443_allowed = compute_v1.Allowed()
-    tcp_80_443_allowed.I_p_protocol = "tcp"
-    tcp_80_443_allowed.ports = ["80", "443"]
+    allowed_ports = compute_v1.Allowed()
+    allowed_ports.I_p_protocol = "tcp"
+    allowed_ports.ports = ["80", "443"]
 
-    firewall_rule.allowed = [tcp_80_443_allowed]
+    firewall_rule.allowed = [allowed_ports]
     firewall_rule.source_ranges = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
     firewall_rule.network = network
     firewall_rule.description = "Allowing TCP traffic on port 80 and 443 from Internet."
 
+    firewall_rule.target_tags = ['web']
+
     # Note that the default value of priority for the firewall API is 1000.
     # If you check the value of `firewall_rule.priority` at this point it
     # will be equal to 0, however it is not treated as "set" by the library and thus
@@ -164,11 +166,11 @@ def delete_firewall_rule(project_id: str, firewall_rule_name: str):
         create_firewall_rule(default_project_id, rule_name)
         try:
             print("Rule created:")
-            print_firewall_rule(default_project_id, rule_name)
+            print(get_firewall_rule(default_project_id, rule_name))
             print("Updating rule priority to 10...")
             patch_firewall_priority(default_project_id, rule_name, 10)
             print("Rule updated: ")
-            print_firewall_rule(default_project_id, rule_name)
+            print(get_firewall_rule(default_project_id, rule_name))
             print(f"Deleting rule {rule_name}...")
         finally:
             delete_firewall_rule(default_project_id, rule_name)
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/test_sample_firewall.py b/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/test_sample_firewall.py
index 4e7384648546..9f99bfdbfbbe 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/test_sample_firewall.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples/snippets/test_sample_firewall.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from sample_firewall import (
     create_firewall_rule,
     delete_firewall_rule,
+    get_firewall_rule,
     list_firewall_rules,
     patch_firewall_priority,
 )
@@ -34,13 +35,14 @@ def firewall_rule():
     firewall_rule = compute_v1.Firewall()
     firewall_rule.name = "firewall-sample-test" + uuid.uuid4().hex[:10]
     firewall_rule.direction = compute_v1.Firewall.Direction.INGRESS
-    tcp_80_443_allowed = compute_v1.Allowed()
-    tcp_80_443_allowed.I_p_protocol = "tcp"
-    tcp_80_443_allowed.ports = ["80"]
-    firewall_rule.allowed = [tcp_80_443_allowed]
+    allowed_ports = compute_v1.Allowed()
+    allowed_ports.I_p_protocol = "tcp"
+    allowed_ports.ports = ["80"]
+    firewall_rule.allowed = [allowed_ports]
     firewall_rule.source_ranges = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
     firewall_rule.network = "global/networks/default"
     firewall_rule.description = "Rule generated by Python sample test fixture."
+    firewall_rule.target_tags = ['web']
 
     firewall_client = compute_v1.FirewallsClient()
     op = firewall_client.insert(project=PROJECT, firewall_resource=firewall_rule)
@@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ def firewall_rule():
 def test_create_delete():
     rule_name = "firewall-sample-test-" + uuid.uuid4().hex[:10]
     create_firewall_rule(PROJECT, rule_name)
-    assert any(rule.name == rule_name for rule in list_firewall_rules(PROJECT))
+    rule = get_firewall_rule(PROJECT, rule_name)
+    assert rule.name == rule_name
+    assert 'web' in rule.target_tags
     delete_firewall_rule(PROJECT, rule_name)
     assert all(rule.name != rule_name for rule in list_firewall_rules(PROJECT))