diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1dab778713e6..0cab79fee119 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ how to create a bucket.
     client = storage.Client()
     bucket = client.get_bucket('bucket-id-here')
     # Then do other things...
-    blob = bucket.get_blob('/remote/path/to/file.txt')
+    blob = bucket.get_blob('remote/path/to/file.txt')
     print blob.download_as_string()
     blob.upload_from_string('New contents!')
-    blob2 = bucket.blob('/remote/path/storage.txt')
+    blob2 = bucket.blob('remote/path/storage.txt')
     blob2.upload_from_filename(filename='/local/path.txt')
 
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