diff --git a/docs/speech-usage.rst b/docs/speech-usage.rst
index 35920681f8d6..de05fce3973e 100644
--- a/docs/speech-usage.rst
+++ b/docs/speech-usage.rst
@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ speech data to possible text alternatives on the fly.
     ...     for result in results:
     ...         for alternative in result.alternatives:
     ...             print('=' * 20)
-    ...             print('result_index: ' + str(result.result_index))
     ...             print('transcript: ' + alternative.transcript)
     ...             print('confidence: ' + str(alternative.confidence))
     ====================
     transcript: hello thank you for using Google Cloud platform
     confidence: 0.927983105183
 
+
 By default the API will perform continuous recognition
 (continuing to process audio even if the speaker in the audio pauses speaking)
 until the client closes the output stream or until the maximum time limit has
diff --git a/speech/tests/system.py b/speech/tests/system.py
index 57c713b90b50..dd3dfdf14314 100644
--- a/speech/tests/system.py
+++ b/speech/tests/system.py
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ def test_stream_recognize(self):
 
         with open(AUDIO_FILE, 'rb') as file_obj:
             for results in self._make_streaming_request(file_obj):
-                self.assertIsInstance(results.result_index, int)
                 self._check_results(results.alternatives)
 
     def test_stream_recognize_interim_results(self):