diff --git a/src/Trace/README.md b/src/Trace/README.md
index f1156a265ecc..12499a6f5baa 100644
--- a/src/Trace/README.md
+++ b/src/Trace/README.md
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ $ composer require google/cloud-trace
 
 ```php
 use Google\Cloud\Trace\TraceClient;
-use Google\Cloud\Trace\Reporter\SyncReporter;
 use Google\Cloud\Trace\RequestTracer;
 
 $trace = new TraceClient();
-$reporter = new SyncReporter($trace);
+$reporter = $trace->reporter();
 RequestTracer::start($reporter);
 ```
 
@@ -33,8 +32,11 @@ RequestTracer::start($reporter);
 
 ### Reporting Traces
 
-The above sample uses the `SyncReporter` to sychronously report trace results to the
-Stackdriver servers at the end of the request.
+The above sample uses the `AsyncReporter` to report trace results to the Stackdriver servers.
+If you are using the experimental
+[google-cloud-batch daemon](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-php-core/blob/master/Batch/BatchDaemon.php)
+and have set the `IS_BATCH_DAEMON_RUNNING=true` environment variable, then the reporting of the trace will happen
+asynchronously. If not, the reporting will happen at the end of the request and can add some latency to your request.
 
 For testing/development, we also provide an `EchoReporter`, `FileReporter` and `LoggerReporter`.
 
diff --git a/src/Trace/TraceClient.php b/src/Trace/TraceClient.php
index d0c685d606e7..93c0bc1d88e1 100644
--- a/src/Trace/TraceClient.php
+++ b/src/Trace/TraceClient.php
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 use Google\Cloud\Core\Iterator\PageIterator;
 use Google\Cloud\Trace\Connection\ConnectionInterface;
 use Google\Cloud\Trace\Connection\Rest;
+use Google\Cloud\Trace\Reporter\AsyncReporter;
+use Google\Cloud\Trace\Reporter\ReporterInterface;
 
 /**
  * Google Stackdriver Trace allows you to collect latency data from
@@ -51,6 +53,11 @@ class TraceClient
      */
     protected $connection;
 
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $clientConfig;
+
     /**
      * Create a Trace client.
      *
@@ -79,6 +86,7 @@ class TraceClient
      */
     public function __construct(array $config = [])
     {
+        $this->clientConfig = $config;
         if (!isset($config['scopes'])) {
             $config['scopes'] = [self::FULL_CONTROL_SCOPE];
         }
@@ -187,4 +195,18 @@ function (array $trace) {
             )
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a Trace reporter that utilizes this client's configuration
+     *
+     * @param  array $options [optional] Reporter options.
+     *      {@see Google\Cloud\Trace\Reporter\AsyncReporter::__construct()}
+     * @return ReporterInterface
+     */
+    public function reporter(array $options = [])
+    {
+        return new AsyncReporter($options + [
+            'clientConfig' => $this->clientConfig
+        ]);
+    }
 }