diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/README.md b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/README.md
index e568e3f053c..f4d546fd929 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/README.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/README.md
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ Commands:
   listen              Detects speech in a microphone input stream.
 
 Options:
-  --help            Show help                                                                                  [boolean]
+  --help                 Show help                                                                             [boolean]
   --encoding, -e                                                                          [string] [default: "LINEAR16"]
-  --sampleRate, -r                                                                             [number] [default: 16000]
+  --sampleRateHertz, -r                                                                        [number] [default: 16000]
+  --languageCode, -l                                                                         [string] [default: "en-US"]
 
 Examples:
   node recognize.js sync ./resources/audio.raw -e LINEAR16 -r 16000
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
index e0902234332..282fbcb85f8 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/speech": "0.9.0",
-    "@google-cloud/storage": "0.7.0",
-    "node-record-lpcm16": "0.2.0",
-    "yargs": "6.6.0"
+    "@google-cloud/storage": "1.0.0",
+    "node-record-lpcm16": "0.3.0",
+    "yargs": "7.0.2"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=4.3.2"
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/quickstart.js b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/quickstart.js
index 48c58b2c1d6..a2501407e69 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/quickstart.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/quickstart.js
@@ -42,5 +42,8 @@ speechClient.recognize(fileName, options)
   .then((results) => {
     const transcription = results[0];
     console.log(`Transcription: ${transcription}`);
+  })
+  .catch((err) => {
+    console.error('ERROR:', err);
   });
 // [END speech_quickstart]