diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb621fe..00ce0b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,5 +89,18 @@ Plugins can also run methods on a schedule. This allows a plugin to poll for upd
 ####Plugin misc
 The data within a plugin persists for the life of the rtmbot process. If you need persistent data, you should use something like sqlite or the python pickle libraries.
 
+####Direct API Calls
+You can directly call the Slack web API in your plugins by allowing the following import:
+
+    from client import client
+
+You can also rename the client on import so it can be easily referenced like shown below:
+
+    from client import client as sc
+
+Direct API calls can be called in your plugins in the following form:
+    
+    sc.api_call("API.method", "parameters")
+
 ####Todo:
 Some rtm data should be handled upstream, such as channel and user creation. These should create the proper objects on-the-fly.
diff --git a/client.py b/client.py
index bbf9314..dcb7f5d 100644
--- a/client.py
+++ b/client.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from slackclient import SlackClient
 from rtmbot import RtmBot
 
-client = None
+slack_client = None
 
 def init(config):
     global client
     bot = RtmBot(config)
-    client = bot.slack_client
+    slack_client = bot.slack_client
     return bot
diff --git a/docs/example-plugins/directAPIcall.py b/docs/example-plugins/directAPIcall.py
index 0ddebd5..30d82a0 100644
--- a/docs/example-plugins/directAPIcall.py
+++ b/docs/example-plugins/directAPIcall.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from client import client as sc
+from client import slack_client as sc
 
 for user in sc.api_call("users.list")["members"]:
     print(user["name"], user["id"])