diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index 378c70d..55c5c04 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 	client.Get("...")
 }
 
-func ExampleHTTPClient() {
+func ExampleCustomHTTP() {
 	hc := &http.Client{Timeout: 2 * time.Second}
 	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), oauth2.HTTPClient, hc)
 
@@ -57,15 +57,24 @@
 		ClientSecret: "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET",
 		Scopes:       []string{"SCOPE1", "SCOPE2"},
 		Endpoint: oauth2.Endpoint{
-			AuthURL:  "https://provider.com/o/oauth2/auth",
 			TokenURL: "https://provider.com/o/oauth2/token",
+			AuthURL:  "https://provider.com/o/oauth2/auth",
 		},
 	}
 
-	// Exchange request will be made by the custom
-	// HTTP client, hc.
-	_, err := conf.Exchange(ctx, "foo")
+	tokenSource, err := conf.PasswordCredentialsToken(ctx, "YOUR_USERNAME", "YOUR_PASSWORD")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
+	// The returned client does not reuse
+	// properties from the hc HTTP Client.
+	client := oauth2.NewClient(ctx, tokenSource)
+
+	resp, err := client.Get("http://www.example.com")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	_ = resp // use the response
 }
diff --git a/oauth2.go b/oauth2.go
index 3e4835d..4bafe87 100644
--- a/oauth2.go
+++ b/oauth2.go
@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@
 // NewClient creates an *http.Client from a Context and TokenSource.
 // The returned client is not valid beyond the lifetime of the context.
 //
+// Note that if a custom *http.Client is provided via the Context it
+// is used only for token acquisition and is not used to configure the
+// *http.Client returned from NewClient.
+//
 // As a special case, if src is nil, a non-OAuth2 client is returned
 // using the provided context. This exists to support related OAuth2
 // packages.