diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/javascript/lib/%name%-stack.template.js b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/javascript/lib/%name%-stack.template.js
index f309bda6b27bc..ef14c40799701 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/javascript/lib/%name%-stack.template.js
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/javascript/lib/%name%-stack.template.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const sns = require('@aws-cdk/aws-sns');
-const subs = require('@aws-cdk/aws-sns-subscribers');
+const subs = require('@aws-cdk/aws-sns-subscriptions');
 const sqs = require('@aws-cdk/aws-sqs');
 const cdk = require('@aws-cdk/core');
 
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ class %name.PascalCased%Stack extends cdk.Stack {
     super(scope, id, props);
 
     const queue = new sqs.Queue(this, '%name.PascalCased%Queue', {
-      visibilityTimeoutSec: 300
+      visibilityTimeout: cdk.Duration.seconds(300)
     });
 
     const topic = new sns.Topic(this, '%name.PascalCased%Topic');
 
-    topic.subscribe(new subs.SqsSubscriber(queue));
+    topic.addSubscription(new subs.SqsSubscription(queue));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/typescript/lib/%name%-stack.template.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/typescript/lib/%name%-stack.template.ts
index 42c237167ddd2..b39911c969ec6 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/typescript/lib/%name%-stack.template.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/typescript/lib/%name%-stack.template.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sns = require('@aws-cdk/aws-sns');
-const subs = require('@aws-cdk/aws-sns-subscriptions');
+import subs = require('@aws-cdk/aws-sns-subscriptions');
 import sqs = require('@aws-cdk/aws-sqs');
 import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/core');
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export class %name.PascalCased%Stack extends cdk.Stack {
     super(scope, id, props);
 
     const queue = new sqs.Queue(this, '%name.PascalCased%Queue', {
-      visibilityTimeoutSec: 300
+      visibilityTimeout: cdk.Duration.seconds(300)
     });
 
     const topic = new sns.Topic(this, '%name.PascalCased%Topic');