diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index fe940a679..4e9e8be82 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@
 # The cloud-storage-dpe team is the default owner for anything not
 # explicitly taken by someone else.
 *                               @googleapis/cloud-storage-dpe @googleapis/yoshi-python
+
+# Additionally, the python-samples-owners team is also among 
+# the default owners for samples changes.
+/samples/   @googleapis/cloud-storage-dpe @googleapis/yoshi-python @googleapis/python-samples-owners
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diff --git a/samples/AUTHORING_GUIDE.md b/samples/AUTHORING_GUIDE.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55c97b32f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/AUTHORING_GUIDE.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+See https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/python-docs-samples/blob/master/AUTHORING_GUIDE.md
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diff --git a/samples/CONTRIBUTING.md b/samples/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34c882b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+See https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/python-docs-samples/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
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