diff --git a/storage/cloud-client/snippets_test.py b/storage/cloud-client/snippets_test.py
index f4d7987fe94..2b6d0a817a9 100644
--- a/storage/cloud-client/snippets_test.py
+++ b/storage/cloud-client/snippets_test.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import storage_change_default_storage_class
 import storage_change_file_storage_class
 import storage_compose_file
+import storage_configure_retries
 import storage_copy_file
 import storage_copy_file_archived_generation
 import storage_cors_configuration
@@ -498,3 +499,13 @@ def test_list_blobs_archived_generation(test_blob, capsys):
     )
     out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
     assert str(test_blob.generation) in out
+
+
+def test_storage_configure_retries(test_blob, capsys):
+    storage_configure_retries.configure_retries(test_blob.bucket.name, test_blob.name)
+
+    # This simply checks if the retry configurations were set and printed as intended.
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "The following library method is customized to be retried" in out
+    assert "_should_retry" in out
+    assert "initial=1.0, maximum=60.0, multiplier=3.0, deadline=500.0" in out
diff --git a/storage/cloud-client/storage_configure_retries.py b/storage/cloud-client/storage_configure_retries.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68b1e1fff7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/cloud-client/storage_configure_retries.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License');
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import sys
+
+"""Sample that configures retries on an operation call.
+This sample is used on this page:
+    https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/retry-strategy
+For more information, see README.md.
+"""
+
+# [START storage_configure_retries]
+from google.cloud import storage
+from google.cloud.storage.retry import DEFAULT_RETRY
+
+
+def configure_retries(bucket_name, blob_name):
+    """Configures retries with customizations."""
+    # The ID of your GCS bucket
+    # bucket_name = "your-bucket-name"
+    # The ID of your GCS object
+    # blob_name = "your-object-name"
+
+    storage_client = storage.Client()
+    bucket = storage_client.bucket(bucket_name)
+    blob = bucket.blob(blob_name)
+
+    # Customize retry with a deadline of 500 seconds (default=120 seconds).
+    modified_retry = DEFAULT_RETRY.with_deadline(500.0)
+    # Customize retry with a wait time multiplier per iteration of 3.0 (default=2.0).
+    modified_retry = modified_retry.with_delay(multiplier=3.0)
+
+    # blob.delete() uses DEFAULT_RETRY_IF_GENERATION_SPECIFIED by default.
+    # Override with modified_retry so the function retries even if the generation
+    # number is not specified.
+    print(
+        f"The following library method is customized to be retried according to the following configurations: {modified_retry}"
+    )
+
+    blob.delete(retry=modified_retry)
+    print("Blob {} deleted with a customized retry strategy.".format(blob_name))
+
+
+# [END storage_configure_retries]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    configure_retries(bucket_name=sys.argv[1], blob_name=sys.argv[2])