diff --git a/src/cmd/moby/gcp.go b/src/cmd/moby/gcp.go
index 2272f447e..e7f4472a4 100644
--- a/src/cmd/moby/gcp.go
+++ b/src/cmd/moby/gcp.go
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ func (g GCPClient) CreateInstance(name, image, zone, machineType string, diskSiz
 		}
 	}
 
-	log.Infof("Creating instance %s from image %s", name, image)
+	log.Infof("Creating instance %s from image %s (type: %s in %s)", name, image, machineType, zone)
+
 	enabled := new(string)
 	*enabled = "1"
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/moby/run_gcp.go b/src/cmd/moby/run_gcp.go
index 313865df5..f8d8b3e9c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/moby/run_gcp.go
+++ b/src/cmd/moby/run_gcp.go
@@ -13,15 +13,16 @@ const (
 	defaultZone     = "europe-west1-d"
 	defaultMachine  = "g1-small"
 	defaultDiskSize = 1
-	zoneVar         = "MOBY_GCP_ZONE"
-	machineVar      = "MOBY_GCP_MACHINE"
-	keysVar         = "MOBY_GCP_KEYS"
-	projectVar      = "MOBY_GCP_PROJECT"
-	bucketVar       = "MOBY_GCP_BUCKET"
-	familyVar       = "MOBY_GCP_FAMILY"
-	publicVar       = "MOBY_GCP_PUBLIC"
-	nameVar         = "MOBY_GCP_IMAGE_NAME"
-	diskSizeVar     = "MOBY_GCP_DISK_SIZE"
+	// Environment variables. Some are non-standard
+	zoneVar     = "CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE"
+	machineVar  = "CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_MACHINE" // non-standard
+	keysVar     = "CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_KEYS"    // non-standard
+	projectVar  = "CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT"
+	bucketVar   = "CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_BUCKET" // non-standard
+	familyVar   = "CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_FAMILY" // non-standard
+	publicVar   = "CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_PUBLIC" // non-standard
+	nameVar     = "CLOUDSDK_IMAGE_NAME"   // non-standard
+	diskSizeVar = "CLOUDSDK_DISK_SIZE"    // non-standard
 )
 
 // Process the run arguments and execute run