diff --git a/translate/cloud-client/quickstart.py b/translate/cloud-client/quickstart.py
index 51ab697c8f0a..bae6f50148d8 100644
--- a/translate/cloud-client/quickstart.py
+++ b/translate/cloud-client/quickstart.py
@@ -24,15 +24,21 @@ def run_quickstart():
     api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
 
     # Instantiates a client
-    translate_client = translate.Client(api_key)
+    translate_client = translate.Client(api_key=api_key)
 
     # The text to translate
     text = u'Hello, world!'
     # The target language
     target = 'ru'
 
+    # MT model type `base` or `nmt`
+    model = translate.BASE
+
     # Translates some text into Russian
-    translation = translate_client.translate(text, target_language=target)
+    translation = translate_client.translate(
+        text,
+        target_language=target,
+        model=model)
 
     print(u'Text: {}'.format(text))
     print(u'Translation: {}'.format(translation['translatedText']))
diff --git a/translate/cloud-client/snippets.py b/translate/cloud-client/snippets.py
index 1b5cad92ac3a..dec8d172553f 100644
--- a/translate/cloud-client/snippets.py
+++ b/translate/cloud-client/snippets.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 def detect_language(api_key, text):
     """Detects the text's language."""
-    translate_client = translate.Client(api_key)
+    translate_client = translate.Client(api_key=api_key)
 
     # Text can also be a sequence of strings, in which case this method
     # will return a sequence of results for each text.
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def detect_language(api_key, text):
 
 def list_languages(api_key):
     """Lists all available languages."""
-    translate_client = translate.Client(api_key)
+    translate_client = translate.Client(api_key=api_key)
 
     results = translate_client.get_languages()
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def list_languages_with_target(api_key, target):
     Target must be an ISO 639-1 language code.
     See https://g.co/cloud/translate/v2/translate-reference#supported_languages
     """
-    translate_client = translate.Client(api_key)
+    translate_client = translate.Client(api_key=api_key)
 
     results = translate_client.get_languages(target_language=target)
 
@@ -63,17 +63,20 @@ def list_languages_with_target(api_key, target):
         print(u'{name} ({language})'.format(**language))
 
 
-def translate_text(api_key, target, text):
+def translate_text(api_key, target, text, model=translate.BASE):
     """Translates text into the target language.
 
     Target must be an ISO 639-1 language code.
     See https://g.co/cloud/translate/v2/translate-reference#supported_languages
     """
-    translate_client = translate.Client(api_key)
+    translate_client = translate.Client(api_key=api_key)
 
     # Text can also be a sequence of strings, in which case this method
     # will return a sequence of results for each text.
-    result = translate_client.translate(text, target_language=target)
+    result = translate_client.translate(
+        text,
+        target_language=target,
+        model=model)
 
     print(u'Text: {}'.format(result['input']))
     print(u'Translation: {}'.format(result['translatedText']))
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ def translate_text(api_key, target, text):
         'translate-text', help=translate_text.__doc__)
     translate_text_parser.add_argument('target')
     translate_text_parser.add_argument('text')
+    translate_text_parser.add_argument('model')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -113,4 +117,4 @@ def translate_text(api_key, target, text):
     elif args.command == 'list-languages-with-target':
         list_languages_with_target(args.api_key, args.target)
     elif args.command == 'translate-text':
-        translate_text(args.api_key, args.target, args.text)
+        translate_text(args.api_key, args.target, args.text, args.model)