diff --git a/docs/logging-usage.rst b/docs/logging-usage.rst
index f2c9bf7106b8..5c55310fe927 100644
--- a/docs/logging-usage.rst
+++ b/docs/logging-usage.rst
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ To automatically pick the default for your current environment, use
     >>> client = google.cloud.logging.Client()
     >>> handler = client.get_default_handler()
     >>> cloud_logger = logging.getLogger('cloudLogger')
-    >>> cloud_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO) # defaults to WARN
+    >>> cloud_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
     >>> cloud_logger.addHandler(handler)
     >>> cloud_logger.error('bad news')
 
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ instance which will write directly to the API.
     >>> client = google.cloud.logging.Client()
     >>> handler = CloudLoggingHandler(client)
     >>> cloud_logger = logging.getLogger('cloudLogger')
-    >>> cloud_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO) # defaults to WARN
+    >>> cloud_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
     >>> cloud_logger.addHandler(handler)
     >>> cloud_logger.error('bad news')
 
diff --git a/logging/unit_tests/test_client.py b/logging/unit_tests/test_client.py
index 8ef4f160f42a..2fbd29d7fc71 100644
--- a/logging/unit_tests/test_client.py
+++ b/logging/unit_tests/test_client.py
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ def test_get_default_handler_app_engine(self):
                                credentials=_Credentials(),
                                use_gax=False)
 
-        os.environ[_APPENGINE_FLEXIBLE_ENV_VM] = True
+        os.environ[_APPENGINE_FLEXIBLE_ENV_VM] = "True"
         with _Monkey(_MUT, _LOG_PATH_TEMPLATE='{pid}'):
             handler = client.get_default_handler()
         self.assertIsInstance(handler, AppEngineHandler)
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ def test_get_default_handler_container_engine(self):
         client = self._makeOne(project=self.PROJECT,
                                credentials=_Credentials(),
                                use_gax=False)
-        os.environ[_CONTAINER_ENGINE_ENV] = True
+        os.environ[_CONTAINER_ENGINE_ENV] = "True"
         handler = client.get_default_handler()
         self.assertIsInstance(handler, ContainerEngineHandler)
         del os.environ[_CONTAINER_ENGINE_ENV]