diff --git a/samples/snippets/asymmetric.py b/samples/snippets/asymmetric.py
index 4127148f..4d4ebcb4 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/asymmetric.py
+++ b/samples/snippets/asymmetric.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 
 # [START kms_get_asymmetric_public]
 def getAsymmetricPublicKey(client, key_path):
-    """Retrieves the public key from a saved asymmetric key pair on Cloud KMS
+    """
+    Retrieves the public key from a saved asymmetric key pair on Cloud KMS
     """
     request = client.projects() \
                     .locations() \
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ def getAsymmetricPublicKey(client, key_path):
 
 # [START kms_decrypt_rsa]
 def decryptRSA(ciphertext, client, key_path):
-    """Decrypt a given ciphertext using an RSA private key stored on Cloud KMS
+    """
+    Decrypt a given ciphertext using an 'RSA_DECRYPT_OAEP_2048_SHA256' private
+    key stored on Cloud KMS
     """
     request = client.projects() \
                     .locations() \
@@ -58,7 +61,9 @@ def decryptRSA(ciphertext, client, key_path):
 
 # [START kms_encrypt_rsa]
 def encryptRSA(message, client, key_path):
-    """Encrypt message locally using an RSA public key retrieved from Cloud KMS
+    """
+    Encrypt message locally using an 'RSA_DECRYPT_OAEP_2048_SHA256' public
+    key retrieved from Cloud KMS
     """
     public_key = getAsymmetricPublicKey(client, key_path)
     pad = padding.OAEP(mgf=padding.MGF1(algorithm=hashes.SHA256()),
@@ -72,8 +77,11 @@ def encryptRSA(message, client, key_path):
 
 # [START kms_sign_asymmetric]
 def signAsymmetric(message, client, key_path):
-    """Create a signature for a message using a private key stored on Cloud KMS
     """
+    Create a signature for a message using a private key stored on Cloud KMS
+    """
+    # Note: some key algorithms will require a different hash function
+    # For example, EC_SIGN_P384_SHA384 requires SHA384
     digest_bytes = hashlib.sha256(message.encode('ascii')).digest()
     digest64 = base64.b64encode(digest_bytes)
 
@@ -92,8 +100,9 @@ def signAsymmetric(message, client, key_path):
 
 # [START kms_verify_signature_rsa]
 def verifySignatureRSA(signature, message, client, key_path):
-    """Verify the validity of an 'RSA_SIGN_PSS_2048_SHA256' signature
-    for the specified plaintext message
+    """
+    Verify the validity of an 'RSA_SIGN_PSS_2048_SHA256' signature for the
+    specified plaintext message
     """
     public_key = getAsymmetricPublicKey(client, key_path)
 
@@ -116,7 +125,8 @@ def verifySignatureRSA(signature, message, client, key_path):
 
 # [START kms_verify_signature_ec]
 def verifySignatureEC(signature, message, client, key_path):
-    """Verify the validity of an 'EC_SIGN_P224_SHA256' signature
+    """
+    Verify the validity of an 'EC_SIGN_P256_SHA256' signature
     for the specified plaintext message
     """
     public_key = getAsymmetricPublicKey(client, key_path)
diff --git a/samples/snippets/asymmetric_test.py b/samples/snippets/asymmetric_test.py
index 20119ce5..a4b1c34f 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/asymmetric_test.py
+++ b/samples/snippets/asymmetric_test.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def setup_module(module):
     s2 = create_key_helper(t.rsaSignId, t.rsaSign, 'ASYMMETRIC_SIGN',
                            'RSA_SIGN_PSS_2048_SHA256', t)
     s3 = create_key_helper(t.ecSignId, t.ecSign, 'ASYMMETRIC_SIGN',
-                           'EC_SIGN_P224_SHA256', t)
+                           'EC_SIGN_P256_SHA256', t)
     if s1 or s2 or s3:
         # leave time for keys to initialize
         sleep(20)