Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/google/google-api-ruby-client

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@@ -87,8 +87,13 @@ drive = client.discovered_api('drive', 'v2')
 Locally cached discovery documents may be used as well. To load an API from a local file:
 
 ```ruby
+# Output discovery document to JSON
+File.open('my-api.json', 'w') do |f| f.puts MultiJson.dump(client.discovery_document('myapi', 'v1')) end
+
+# Read discovery document and load API
 doc = File.read('my-api.json')
-my_api = client.register_discovery_document('myapi', 'v1', doc)
+client.register_discovery_document('myapi', 'v1', doc)
+my_api = client.discovered_api('myapi', 'v1')
 ```
 
 ### Authorization
@@ -118,6 +123,8 @@ in the credentials. Detailed instructions on how to enable delegation for your d
 
 The API client can automatically retry requests for recoverable errors. To enable retries, set the `client.retries` property to
 the number of additional attempts. To avoid flooding servers, retries invovle a 1 second delay that increases on each subsequent retry.
+In the case of authentication token expiry, the API client will attempt to refresh the token and retry the failed operation - this
+is a specific exception to the retry rules.
 
 The default value for retries is 0, but will be enabled by default in future releases.