diff --git a/dev/devicelab/README.md b/dev/devicelab/README.md
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@@ -56,9 +56,12 @@ You can find where your Android SDK is using `flutter doctor -v`.
 
 ### Warnings
 
-Running the devicelab will do things to your environment.
+Running DeviceLab tests locally will do things to your environment.
 
-Notably, it will start and stop Gradle, for instance.
+Notably:
+
+- It will automatically start and stop Gradle on your machine
+- It will automatically reboot your target Android or iOS device after a certain amount of tests before running any additional tests on it. See the `checkForRebootRequired()` in `flutter/dev/devicelab/lib/framework/framework.dart` and `device.reboot()` in `flutter/dev/devicelab/lib/framework/devices.dart` for more.
 
 ### Running tests in `test/...`
 
@@ -82,6 +85,14 @@ To run multiple tests, repeat option `-t` (`--task`) multiple times:
 ../../bin/cache/dart-sdk/bin/dart bin/run.dart -t test1 -t test2 -t test3
 ```
 
+### Running tests without automatic retries
+
+By default, DeviceLab tests have an automatic retry logic built in. Any failing tests will be retried 2 additional times. This can be skipped by specifying the `--exit` option:
+
+```sh
+../../bin/cache/dart-sdk/bin/dart bin/test_runner.dart test --exit -t {NAME_OF_TEST}
+```
+
 ### Running tests against a local engine build
 
 To run device lab tests against a local engine build, pass the appropriate