diff --git a/EXAMPLES.md b/EXAMPLES.md
index 4d0b07685..c9c510ed0 100644
--- a/EXAMPLES.md
+++ b/EXAMPLES.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
   - [Paginate through a list of logs using checkpoint pagination](#paginate-through-a-list-of-logs-using-checkpoint-pagination)
   - [Import users from a JSON file](#import-users-from-a-json-file)
   - [Update a user's user_metadata](#update-a-users-user_metadata)
+- [Customizing the request](#customizing-the-request)
+  - [Passing custom options to fetch](#passing-custom-options-to-fetch)
+  - [Overriding `fetch`](#overriding-fetch)
 
 ## Authentication Client
 
@@ -230,3 +233,44 @@ const management = new ManagementClient({
 
 await management.users.update({ id: '{user id}' }, { user_metadata: { foo: 'bar' } });
 ```
+
+## Customizing the request
+
+### Passing custom options to fetch
+
+```js
+import https from 'https';
+import { ManagementClient } from 'auth0';
+
+const management = new ManagementClient({
+  domain: '{YOUR_TENANT_AND REGION}.auth0.com',
+  clientId: '{YOUR_CLIENT_ID}',
+  clientSecret: '{YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET}',
+  headers: { 'foo': 'applied to all requests' },
+  agent: new https.Agent({ ... }),
+  httpTimeout: 5000
+});
+
+await management.users.get({ id: '{user id}' }, { headers: { 'bar': 'applied to this request' } });
+```
+
+### Overriding `fetch`
+
+```js
+import { ManagementClient } from 'auth0';
+import { myFetch } from './fetch';
+
+const management = new ManagementClient({
+  domain: '{YOUR_TENANT_AND REGION}.auth0.com',
+  clientId: '{YOUR_CLIENT_ID}',
+  clientSecret: '{YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET}',
+  async fetch(url, init) {
+    log('before', url, init.method);
+    const res = await myFetch(url, init);
+    log('after', url, init.method, res.status);
+    return res;
+  },
+});
+
+await management.users.get({ id: '{user id}' });
+```
diff --git a/src/auth/base-auth-api.ts b/src/auth/base-auth-api.ts
index a32d836ee..027245dbf 100644
--- a/src/auth/base-auth-api.ts
+++ b/src/auth/base-auth-api.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from './client-authentication.js';
 import { IDTokenValidator } from './id-token-validator.js';
 import { GrantOptions, TokenSet } from './oauth.js';
+import { TelemetryMiddleware } from '../lib/middleware/telemetry-middleware.js';
 
 export interface AuthenticationClientOptions extends ClientOptions {
   domain: string;
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ export class BaseAuthAPI extends BaseAPI {
     super({
       ...options,
       baseUrl: `https://${options.domain}`,
+      middleware: options.telemetry !== false ? [new TelemetryMiddleware(options)] : [],
       parseError,
       retry: { enabled: false, ...options.retry },
     });
diff --git a/src/auth/index.ts b/src/auth/index.ts
index b308ee705..a5f8faed4 100644
--- a/src/auth/index.ts
+++ b/src/auth/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { TelemetryMiddleware } from '../lib/middleware/telemetry-middleware.js';
 import { AuthenticationClientOptions } from './base-auth-api.js';
 import { Database } from './database.js';
 import { OAuth } from './oauth.js';
@@ -16,10 +15,6 @@ export class AuthenticationClient {
   passwordless: Passwordless;
 
   constructor(options: AuthenticationClientOptions) {
-    if (options.telemetry !== false) {
-      options.middleware = [...(options.middleware || []), new TelemetryMiddleware(options)];
-    }
-
     this.database = new Database(options);
     this.oauth = new OAuth(options);
     this.passwordless = new Passwordless(options);
diff --git a/src/lib/models.ts b/src/lib/models.ts
index ef306bf09..2ffbb142c 100644
--- a/src/lib/models.ts
+++ b/src/lib/models.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import { RetryConfiguration } from './retry.js';
  */
 export type FetchAPI = (url: URL | RequestInfo, init?: RequestInit) => Promise<Response>;
 
-export interface ClientOptions extends Omit<Configuration, 'baseUrl' | 'parseError'> {
+export interface ClientOptions
+  extends Omit<Configuration, 'baseUrl' | 'parseError' | 'middleware'> {
   telemetry?: boolean;
   clientInfo?: { name: string; [key: string]: unknown };
 }
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ export interface Configuration {
   /**
    * Provide your own fetch implementation.
    */
-  fetchApi?: FetchAPI;
+  fetch?: FetchAPI;
   /**
    * Provide a middleware that will run either before the request, after the request or when the request fails.
    */
diff --git a/src/lib/runtime.ts b/src/lib/runtime.ts
index 46573b862..bfcf5ccbe 100644
--- a/src/lib/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/lib/runtime.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class BaseAPI {
     }
 
     this.middleware = configuration.middleware || [];
-    this.fetchApi = configuration.fetchApi || fetch;
+    this.fetchApi = configuration.fetch || fetch;
     this.parseError = configuration.parseError;
     this.timeoutDuration =
       typeof configuration.timeoutDuration === 'number' ? configuration.timeoutDuration : 10000;
diff --git a/src/management/management-client.ts b/src/management/management-client.ts
index 39ec8ed22..08c04e6f1 100644
--- a/src/management/management-client.ts
+++ b/src/management/management-client.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ export class ManagementClient extends ManagementClientBase {
       ...options,
       baseUrl: `https://${options.domain}/api/v2`,
       middleware: [
-        ...(options.middleware || []),
         new TokenProviderMiddleware(options),
         ...(options.telemetry !== false ? [new TelemetryMiddleware(options)] : []),
       ],
diff --git a/src/userinfo/index.ts b/src/userinfo/index.ts
index 24529e95e..6bd6c2dc7 100644
--- a/src/userinfo/index.ts
+++ b/src/userinfo/index.ts
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ export class UserInfoClient extends BaseAPI {
     super({
       ...options,
       baseUrl: `https://${options.domain}`,
-      middleware: [
-        ...(options.middleware || []),
-        ...(options.telemetry !== false ? [new TelemetryMiddleware(options)] : []),
-      ],
+      middleware: options.telemetry !== false ? [new TelemetryMiddleware(options)] : [],
       parseError,
     });
   }