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 # Google Cloud Shared Build Configs
 
 Shared Maven build configuration for Google Cloud Java client libraries.
+This is not intended for library users.
 
 [![Maven][maven-version-image]][maven-version-link]
 
@@ -26,6 +27,18 @@ This library follows [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 It is currently in major version zero (``0.y.z``), which means that anything may change at any time
 and the public API should not be considered stable.
 
+## Usages
+
+Declare this artifact as the parent of Maven projects of Google Cloud libraries.
+This brings useful Maven plugins and their configurations to the Maven projects,
+such as compilations, document generation, and library publication.
+
+### AutoValue
+
+If you want to use AutoValue in your project, place an empty file `EnableAutoValue.txt`
+in the module that requires AutoValue's annotation processing.
+Example pull request: https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub/pull/1761/files.
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Contributions to this library are always welcome and highly encouraged.
@@ -44,4 +57,4 @@ Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE][license] for more information.
 [maven-version-link]: https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:com.google.cloud%20AND%20a:google-cloud-shared-config&core=gav
 [contributing]: https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
 [code-of-conduct]: https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md#contributor-code-of-conduct
-[license]: https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/blob/main/LICENSE
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+[license]: https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-config/blob/main/LICENSE