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@@ -176,6 +176,29 @@ oauth2Client.setCredentials(tokens);
 
 With the credentials set on your OAuth2 client - you're ready to go!
 
+#### Handling refresh tokens
+Access tokens expire. This library will automatically use a refresh token to obtain a new access token if it is about to expire. An easy way to make sure you always store the most recent tokens is to use the `tokens` event:
+
+```js
+oauth2client.on('tokens', (tokens) => {
+  if (tokens.refresh_token) {
+    // store the refresh_token in my database!
+    console.log(tokens.refresh_token);
+  }
+  console.log(tokens.access_token);
+});
+```
+
+To set the `refresh_token` at a later time, you can use the `setCredentials` method:
+
+```js
+oauth2client.setCredentials({
+  refresh_token: `STORED_REFRESH_TOKEN`
+});
+```
+
+Once the client has a refresh token, access tokens will be acquired and refreshed automatically.
+
 ### Using API keys
 You may need to send an API key with the request you are going to make. The following uses an API key to make a request to the Google+ API service to retrieve a person's profile given a userId:
 
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