diff --git a/docs/topics/feed-exports.rst b/docs/topics/feed-exports.rst
index efb63b0ba..0957a5997 100644
--- a/docs/topics/feed-exports.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/feed-exports.rst
@@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ Google Cloud Storage (GCS)
 
 The feeds are stored on `Google Cloud Storage`_.
 
- * URI scheme: ``gcs``
+ * URI scheme: ``gs``
  * Example URIs:
 
-   * ``gcs://mybucket/path/to/export.csv``
+   * ``gs://mybucket/path/to/export.csv``
 
  * Required external libraries: `google-cloud-storage <https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/reference/libraries#client-libraries-install-python>`_.
 
diff --git a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
index c17e94a64..50fcd1d0a 100644
--- a/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/settings/default_settings.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ FEED_STORAGES_BASE = {
     '': 'scrapy.extensions.feedexport.FileFeedStorage',
     'file': 'scrapy.extensions.feedexport.FileFeedStorage',
     'ftp': 'scrapy.extensions.feedexport.FTPFeedStorage',
-    'gcs': 'scrapy.extensions.feedexport.GCSFeedStorage',
+    'gs': 'scrapy.extensions.feedexport.GCSFeedStorage',
     's3': 'scrapy.extensions.feedexport.S3FeedStorage',
     'stdout': 'scrapy.extensions.feedexport.StdoutFeedStorage',
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_feedexport.py b/tests/test_feedexport.py
index 5cbca6d28..41df7d7af 100644
--- a/tests/test_feedexport.py
+++ b/tests/test_feedexport.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class GCSFeedStorageTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         settings = {'GCS_PROJECT_ID': '123', 'FEED_STORAGE_GCS_ACL': 'publicRead' }
         crawler = get_crawler(settings_dict=settings)
-        storage = GCSFeedStorage.from_crawler(crawler, 'gcs://mybucket/export.csv')
+        storage = GCSFeedStorage.from_crawler(crawler, 'gs://mybucket/export.csv')
         assert storage.project_id == '123'
         assert storage.acl == 'publicRead'
         assert storage.bucket_name == 'mybucket'