diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99bd5bc1..ec4b3478 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,28 +56,36 @@ $config->setDeveloperApiKey('*');
 $hubspot = \HubSpot\Factory::create(null, $config);
 ```
 
-#### API Client comes with Middleware for implementation of Rate and Concurrent Limiting
+#### Retry Middleware
 
-It provides an ability to turn on retry for failed requests with statuses 429 or 500. Please note that Apps using OAuth are only subject to a limit of 100 requests every 10 seconds.
+The API client provides retry middleware for three failure scenarios: rate limiting (429), internal server errors (500–503, 520–599), and connection errors. All middleware retry up to `RetryMiddlewareFactory::DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES` (5) times by default.
+
+If no delay function is provided, Guzzle applies its built-in exponential backoff. Available delay helpers:
+
+- `Delay::getConstantDelayFunction(int $secondsDelay = 10)` — fixed delay between retries
+- `Delay::getLinearDelayFunction()` — delay grows linearly with retry count
+
+Please note that Apps using OAuth are only subject to a limit of 100 requests every 10 seconds.
 
 ```php
 $handlerStack = \GuzzleHttp\HandlerStack::create();
+
+// Retry on 429 with a constant 10-second delay
 $handlerStack->push(
     \HubSpot\RetryMiddlewareFactory::createRateLimitMiddleware(
         \HubSpot\Delay::getConstantDelayFunction()
     )
 );
 
+// Retry on 5xx errors (exponential backoff by default)
 $handlerStack->push(
-    \HubSpot\RetryMiddlewareFactory::createInternalErrorsMiddleware(
-        \HubSpot\Delay::getExponentialDelayFunction(2)
-    )
+    \HubSpot\RetryMiddlewareFactory::createInternalErrorsMiddleware()
 );
 
+// Retry on connection errors for cURL codes 52, 55, 56 (exponential backoff by default)
+// Pass an empty array to retry all ConnectExceptions regardless of cURL error code
 $handlerStack->push(
-    \HubSpot\RetryMiddlewareFactory::createConnectionErrorsMiddleware(
-        \HubSpot\Delay::getExponentialDelayFunction(2)
-    )
+    \HubSpot\RetryMiddlewareFactory::createConnectionErrorsMiddleware()
 );
 
 $client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client(['handler' => $handlerStack]);
diff --git a/lib/Delay.php b/lib/Delay.php
index 24262799..25e1a2ed 100644
--- a/lib/Delay.php
+++ b/lib/Delay.php
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ public static function getLinearDelayFunction()
         };
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated pass null as the delay function instead — Guzzle will apply its built-in exponential delay via \GuzzleHttp\RetryMiddleware::exponentialDelay
+     */
     public static function getExponentialDelayFunction(int $base)
     {
         return function ($retries) use ($base) {
diff --git a/lib/RetryMiddlewareFactory.php b/lib/RetryMiddlewareFactory.php
index e78bf72f..45ccc0e4 100644
--- a/lib/RetryMiddlewareFactory.php
+++ b/lib/RetryMiddlewareFactory.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public static function createConnectionErrorsMiddleware(
         array $curlErrorCodes = self::TRANSIENT_CURL_ERROR_CODES
     ): callable {
         return Middleware::retry(
-            static::getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors($maxRetries, $curlErrorCodes),
+            static::getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors($curlErrorCodes, $maxRetries),
             $delayFunction
         );
     }
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ public static function getRetryFunction(
     }
 
     public static function getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors(
-        int $maxRetries = self::DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES,
-        array $curlErrorCodes = self::TRANSIENT_CURL_ERROR_CODES
+        array $curlErrorCodes = self::TRANSIENT_CURL_ERROR_CODES,
+        int $maxRetries = self::DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES
     ): callable {
         return function (
             $retries,
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ public static function getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors(
                 return false;
             }
 
+            if (empty($curlErrorCodes)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
             $handlerContext = $exception->getHandlerContext();
             $errno = $handlerContext['errno'] ?? null;
 
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ public static function getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors(
                 return true;
             }
 
-            if (preg_match('/cURL error\s+(\d+):/i', $exception->getMessage(), $matches) === 1) {
+            if (1 === preg_match('/cURL error\s+(\d+):/i', $exception->getMessage(), $matches)) {
                 return in_array((int) $matches[1], $curlErrorCodes, true);
             }
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/RetryMiddlewareFactoryTest.php b/tests/Unit/RetryMiddlewareFactoryTest.php
index a4d249dc..92b13779 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/RetryMiddlewareFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/RetryMiddlewareFactoryTest.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class RetryMiddlewareFactoryTest extends TestCase
     /** @test */
     public function itRetriesRetriableConnectionErrorsByErrno(): void
     {
-        $retry = RetryMiddlewareFactory::getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors(3);
+        $retry = RetryMiddlewareFactory::getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors(RetryMiddlewareFactory::TRANSIENT_CURL_ERROR_CODES, 3);
         $request = new Request('GET', 'https://api.hubapi.com/test');
         $exception = new ConnectException(
             'cURL error 56: OpenSSL SSL_read unexpected eof while reading',
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public function itRetriesRetriableConnectionErrorsByErrno(): void
     /** @test */
     public function itRetriesRetriableConnectionErrorsByMessageWhenErrnoMissing(): void
     {
-        $retry = RetryMiddlewareFactory::getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors(3);
+        $retry = RetryMiddlewareFactory::getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors(RetryMiddlewareFactory::TRANSIENT_CURL_ERROR_CODES, 3);
         $request = new Request('GET', 'https://api.hubapi.com/test');
         $exception = new ConnectException(
             'cURL error 55: Send failure: Broken pipe',
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public function itRetriesRetriableConnectionErrorsByMessageWhenErrnoMissing(): v
     /** @test */
     public function itDoesNotRetryNonRetriableConnectionErrors(): void
     {
-        $retry = RetryMiddlewareFactory::getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors(3);
+        $retry = RetryMiddlewareFactory::getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors(RetryMiddlewareFactory::TRANSIENT_CURL_ERROR_CODES, 3);
         $request = new Request('GET', 'https://api.hubapi.com/test');
         $exception = new ConnectException(
             'cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem',
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function itDoesNotRetryNonRetriableConnectionErrors(): void
     /** @test */
     public function itStopsRetryingWhenMaxRetriesReached(): void
     {
-        $retry = RetryMiddlewareFactory::getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors(1);
+        $retry = RetryMiddlewareFactory::getRetryFunctionByConnectionErrors(RetryMiddlewareFactory::TRANSIENT_CURL_ERROR_CODES, 1);
         $request = new Request('GET', 'https://api.hubapi.com/test');
         $exception = new ConnectException(
             'cURL error 56: OpenSSL SSL_read unexpected eof while reading',