diff --git a/docs/spanner/batch-usage.rst b/docs/spanner/batch-usage.rst
index 1bdce70e5342d..b22c3b832c12d 100644
--- a/docs/spanner/batch-usage.rst
+++ b/docs/spanner/batch-usage.rst
@@ -124,8 +124,14 @@ rows do not cause errors.
 
 .. code:: python
 
-    batch.delete('citizens',
-        keyset['bharney@example.com', 'nonesuch@example.com'])
+    from google.cloud.spanner.keyset import KeySet
+
+    to_delete = KeySet(keys=[
+        ('bharney@example.com',)
+        ('nonesuch@example.com',)
+    ])
+
+    batch.delete('citizens', to_delete)
 
 
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@@ -151,6 +157,13 @@ if the ``with`` block exits without raising an exception.
 
 .. code:: python
 
+    from google.cloud.spanner.keyset import KeySet
+
+    to_delete = KeySet(keys=[
+        ('bharney@example.com',)
+        ('nonesuch@example.com',)
+    ])
+
     with session.batch() as batch:
 
         batch.insert(
@@ -169,8 +182,7 @@ if the ``with`` block exits without raising an exception.
 
         ...
 
-        batch.delete('citizens',
-            keyset['bharney@example.com', 'nonesuch@example.com'])
+        batch.delete('citizens', to_delete)
 
 
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