diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 131446e04..cb2c23948 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ Samples are in the [`samples/`](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/tree
 | --------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------ |
 | Add Column Load Append | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AddColumnLoadAppend.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AddColumnLoadAppend.java) |
 | Add Empty Column | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AddEmptyColumn.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AddEmptyColumn.java) |
-| Alter Materialized View | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AlterMaterializedView.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AlterMaterializedView.java) |
 | Auth Drive Scope | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AuthDriveScope.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AuthDriveScope.java) |
 | Auth Snippets | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AuthSnippets.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AuthSnippets.java) |
 | Auth User Flow | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AuthUserFlow.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AuthUserFlow.java) |
@@ -235,6 +234,7 @@ Samples are in the [`samples/`](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/tree
 | Update Dataset Expiration | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateDatasetExpiration.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateDatasetExpiration.java) |
 | Update Dataset Partition Expiration | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateDatasetPartitionExpiration.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateDatasetPartitionExpiration.java) |
 | Update Iam Policy | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateIamPolicy.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateIamPolicy.java) |
+| Update Materialized View | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateMaterializedView.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateMaterializedView.java) |
 | Update Model Description | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateModelDescription.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateModelDescription.java) |
 | Update Routine | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateRoutine.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateRoutine.java) |
 | Update Table Cmek | [source code](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/blob/main/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateTableCmek.java) | [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]](https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery&page=editor&open_in_editor=samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateTableCmek.java) |
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AlterMaterializedView.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateMaterializedView.java
similarity index 79%
rename from samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AlterMaterializedView.java
rename to samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateMaterializedView.java
index 8ce25196f..4de127344 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/AlterMaterializedView.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateMaterializedView.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.example.bigquery;
 
-// [START bigquery_alter_materialized_view]
+// [START bigquery_update_materialized_view]
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Table;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableId;
 
-// Sample to alter materialized view
-public class AlterMaterializedView {
+// Sample to update materialized view
+public class UpdateMaterializedView {
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {
     // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
     String datasetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";
     String materializedViewName = "MY_MATERIALIZED_VIEW_NAME";
-    alterMaterializedView(datasetName, materializedViewName);
+    updateMaterializedView(datasetName, materializedViewName);
   }
 
-  public static void alterMaterializedView(String datasetName, String materializedViewName) {
+  public static void updateMaterializedView(String datasetName, String materializedViewName) {
     try {
       // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
       // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@ public static void alterMaterializedView(String datasetName, String materialized
       // Get existing materialized view
       Table table = bigquery.getTable(tableId);
       MaterializedViewDefinition materializedViewDefinition = table.getDefinition();
-      // Alter materialized view
+      // Update materialized view
       materializedViewDefinition
           .toBuilder()
           .setEnableRefresh(true)
           .setRefreshIntervalMs(1000L)
           .build();
       table.toBuilder().setDefinition(materializedViewDefinition).build().update();
-      System.out.println("Materialized view altered successfully");
+      System.out.println("Materialized view updated successfully");
     } catch (BigQueryException e) {
-      System.out.println("Materialized view was not altered. \n" + e.toString());
+      System.out.println("Materialized view was not updated. \n" + e.toString());
     }
   }
 }
-// [END bigquery_alter_materialized_view]
+// [END bigquery_update_materialized_view]
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/AlterMaterializedViewIT.java b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateMaterializedViewIT.java
similarity index 90%
rename from samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/AlterMaterializedViewIT.java
rename to samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateMaterializedViewIT.java
index 3cc5dfa7c..54ed2194a 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/AlterMaterializedViewIT.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/UpdateMaterializedViewIT.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-public class AlterMaterializedViewIT {
+public class UpdateMaterializedViewIT {
 
   private static final String ID = UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);
   private final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass().getName());
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public void setUp() {
     System.setOut(out);
 
     tableName = "MY_TABLE_NAME_TEST_" + ID;
-    materializedViewName = "MY_ALTER_MATERIALIZED_VIEW_NAME_TEST_" + ID;
+    materializedViewName = "MY_UPDATE_MATERIALIZED_VIEW_NAME_TEST_" + ID;
 
     Schema schema =
         Schema.of(
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ public void tearDown() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testAlterMaterializedView() {
-    AlterMaterializedView.alterMaterializedView(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, materializedViewName);
-    assertThat(bout.toString()).contains("Materialized view altered successfully");
+  public void testUpdateMaterializedView() {
+    UpdateMaterializedView.updateMaterializedView(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, materializedViewName);
+    assertThat(bout.toString()).contains("Materialized view updated successfully");
   }
 }