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@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ authorizer = Google::Auth::ServiceAccountCredentials.make_creds(
 authorizer.fetch_access_token!
 ```
 
+### Example (Environment Variables)
+
+```bash
+export GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_TYPE=service_account
+export GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=000000000000000000000
+export GOOGLE_CLIENT_EMAIL=xxxx@xxxx.iam.gserviceaccount.com
+export GOOGLE_PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n...\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n"
+```
+
 ### Storage
 
 Authorizers require a storage instance to manage long term persistence of