diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5a023ba..aebf1d3a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 This action makes it easy to quickly write a script in your workflow that
 uses the GitHub API and the workflow run context.
 
-To use this action, provide an input named `script` that contains the body of an asynchronous function call. 
+To use this action, provide an input named `script` that contains the body of an asynchronous function call.
 The following arguments will be provided:
 
 - `github` A pre-authenticated
@@ -83,6 +83,47 @@ output of a github-script step. For some workflows, string encoding is preferred
     script: return "I will be string (not JSON) encoded!"
 ```
 
+## Retries
+
+By default, requests made with the `github` instance will not be retried. You can configure this with the `retries` option:
+
+```yaml
+- uses: actions/github-script@v6
+  id: my-script
+  with:
+    result-encoding: string
+    retries: 3
+    script: |
+      github.rest.issues.get({
+        issue_number: context.issue.number,
+        owner: context.repo.owner,
+        repo: context.repo.repo,
+      })
+```
+
+In this example, request failures from `github.rest.issues.get()` will be retried up to 3 times.
+
+You can also configure which status codes should be exempt from retries via the `retry-exempt-status-codes` option:
+
+```yaml
+- uses: actions/github-script@v6
+  id: my-script
+  with:
+    result-encoding: string
+    retries: 3
+    retry-exempt-status-codes: 400,401
+    script: |
+      github.rest.issues.get({
+        issue_number: context.issue.number,
+        owner: context.repo.owner,
+        repo: context.repo.repo,
+      })
+```
+
+By default, the following status codes will not be retried: `400, 401, 403, 404, 422` [(source)](https://github.com/octokit/plugin-retry.js/blob/9a2443746c350b3beedec35cf26e197ea318a261/src/index.ts#L14).
+
+These retries are implemented using the [octokit/plugin-retry.js](https://github.com/octokit/plugin-retry.js) plugin. The retries use [exponential backoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff) to space out retries. ([source](https://github.com/octokit/plugin-retry.js/blob/9a2443746c350b3beedec35cf26e197ea318a261/src/error-request.ts#L13))
+
 ## Examples
 
 Note that `github-token` is optional in this action, and the input is there
@@ -354,8 +395,11 @@ jobs:
 To import an ESM file, you'll need to reference your script by an absolute path and ensure you have a `package.json` file with `"type": "module"` specified.
 
 For a script in your repository `src/print-stuff.js`:
+
 ```js
-export default function printStuff() { console.log('stuff') }
+export default function printStuff() {
+  console.log('stuff')
+}
 ```
 
 ```yaml
diff --git a/__test__/get-retry-options.test.ts b/__test__/get-retry-options.test.ts
index 95b08d72..345212c3 100644
--- a/__test__/get-retry-options.test.ts
+++ b/__test__/get-retry-options.test.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ import {getRetryOptions} from '../src/retry-options'
 
 describe('getRequestOptions', () => {
   test('retries disabled if retries == 0', async () => {
-    const [retryOptions, requestOptions] = getRetryOptions(0, 8, [
-      400,
-      500,
-      502
-    ])
+    const [retryOptions, requestOptions] = getRetryOptions(0, [400, 500, 502])
 
     expect(retryOptions.enabled).toBe(false)
     expect(retryOptions.doNotRetry).toBeFalsy()
@@ -17,54 +13,29 @@ describe('getRequestOptions', () => {
   })
 
   test('properties set if retries > 0', async () => {
-    const [retryOptions, requestOptions] = getRetryOptions(1, 8, [
-      400,
-      500,
-      502
-    ])
+    const [retryOptions, requestOptions] = getRetryOptions(1, [400, 500, 502])
 
     expect(retryOptions.enabled).toBe(true)
     expect(retryOptions.doNotRetry).toEqual([400, 500, 502])
 
     expect(requestOptions.retries).toEqual(1)
-    expect(requestOptions.retryAfter).toEqual(8)
   })
 
   test('properties set if retries > 0', async () => {
-    const [retryOptions, requestOptions] = getRetryOptions(1, 8, [
-      400,
-      500,
-      502
-    ])
+    const [retryOptions, requestOptions] = getRetryOptions(1, [400, 500, 502])
 
     expect(retryOptions.enabled).toBe(true)
     expect(retryOptions.doNotRetry).toEqual([400, 500, 502])
 
     expect(requestOptions.retries).toEqual(1)
-    expect(requestOptions.retryAfter).toEqual(8)
   })
 
-  test('retryAfter can be set to zero', async () => {
-    const [retryOptions, requestOptions] = getRetryOptions(1, 0, [
-      400,
-      500,
-      502
-    ])
-
-    expect(retryOptions.enabled).toBe(true)
-    expect(retryOptions.doNotRetry).toEqual([400, 500, 502])
-
-    expect(requestOptions.retries).toEqual(1)
-    expect(requestOptions.retryAfter).toEqual(0)
-  })
-
-  test('retryOptions.doNotRetry not set if doNotRetry isEmpty', async () => {
-    const [retryOptions, requestOptions] = getRetryOptions(1, 0, [])
+  test('retryOptions.doNotRetry not set if exemptStatusCodes isEmpty', async () => {
+    const [retryOptions, requestOptions] = getRetryOptions(1, [])
 
     expect(retryOptions.enabled).toBe(true)
     expect(retryOptions.doNotRetry).toBeUndefined()
 
     expect(requestOptions.retries).toEqual(1)
-    expect(requestOptions.retryAfter).toEqual(0)
   })
 })
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 0a8fd2b1..bdbdbaa7 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ inputs:
   retry-after:
     description: "The number of seconds between retries. No effect unless `retries` is set."
     default: "0"
-  do-not-retry:
+  retry-exempt-status-codes:
     description: "A comma separated list of status codes that will NOT be retried. Example: '400,500'. No effect unless `retries` is set."
-    default: ""
+    default: "400, 401, 403, 404, 422" # from https://github.com/octokit/plugin-retry.js/blob/9a2443746c350b3beedec35cf26e197ea318a261/src/index.ts#L14
 outputs:
   result:
     description: The return value of the script, stringified with `JSON.stringify`
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index f652b681..f1ef62d8 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -13340,7 +13340,7 @@ function callAsyncFunction(args, source) {
 
 // CONCATENATED MODULE: ./src/retry-options.ts
 
-function getRetryOptions(retries, retryAfter, doNotRetry) {
+function getRetryOptions(retries, exemptStatusCodes) {
     var _a;
     if (retries <= 0) {
         return [{ enabled: false }, {}];
@@ -13348,14 +13348,13 @@ function getRetryOptions(retries, retryAfter, doNotRetry) {
     const retryOptions = {
         enabled: true
     };
-    if (doNotRetry.length > 0) {
-        retryOptions.doNotRetry = doNotRetry;
+    if (exemptStatusCodes.length > 0) {
+        retryOptions.doNotRetry = exemptStatusCodes;
     }
     const requestOptions = {
-        retries,
-        retryAfter: retryAfter
+        retries
     };
-    Object(core.info)(`GitHub client configured with: (retries: ${requestOptions.retries}, retryAfter: ${requestOptions.retryAfter}, doNotRetry: ${(_a = retryOptions === null || retryOptions === void 0 ? void 0 : retryOptions.doNotRetry) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : 'octokit default: [400, 401, 403, 404, 422]'})`);
+    Object(core.info)(`GitHub client configured with: (retries: ${requestOptions.retries}, retry-exempt-status-code: ${(_a = retryOptions === null || retryOptions === void 0 ? void 0 : retryOptions.doNotRetry) !== null && _a !== void 0 ? _a : 'octokit default: [400, 401, 403, 404, 422]'})`);
     return [retryOptions, requestOptions];
 }
 function parseNumberArray(listString) {
@@ -13410,9 +13409,8 @@ async function main() {
     const userAgent = Object(core.getInput)('user-agent');
     const previews = Object(core.getInput)('previews');
     const retries = parseInt(Object(core.getInput)('retries'));
-    const retryAfter = parseInt(Object(core.getInput)('retry-after'));
-    const doNotRetry = parseNumberArray(Object(core.getInput)('do-not-retry'));
-    const [retryOpts, requestOpts] = getRetryOptions(retries, retryAfter, doNotRetry);
+    const exemptStatusCodes = parseNumberArray(Object(core.getInput)('retry-exempt-status-codes'));
+    const [retryOpts, requestOpts] = getRetryOptions(retries, exemptStatusCodes);
     const opts = {};
     if (debug === 'true')
         opts.log = console;
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 5027c66e..75d7d220 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -30,13 +30,10 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   const userAgent = core.getInput('user-agent')
   const previews = core.getInput('previews')
   const retries = parseInt(core.getInput('retries'))
-  const retryAfter = parseInt(core.getInput('retry-after'))
-  const doNotRetry = parseNumberArray(core.getInput('do-not-retry'))
-  const [retryOpts, requestOpts] = getRetryOptions(
-    retries,
-    retryAfter,
-    doNotRetry
+  const exemptStatusCodes = parseNumberArray(
+    core.getInput('retry-exempt-status-codes')
   )
+  const [retryOpts, requestOpts] = getRetryOptions(retries, exemptStatusCodes)
 
   const opts: Options = {}
   if (debug === 'true') opts.log = console
diff --git a/src/retry-options.ts b/src/retry-options.ts
index 2c32dde2..6f8e90e5 100644
--- a/src/retry-options.ts
+++ b/src/retry-options.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@ export type RetryOptions = {
 
 export type RequestOptions = {
   retries?: number
-  retryAfter?: number
 }
 
 export function getRetryOptions(
   retries: number,
-  retryAfter: number,
-  doNotRetry: number[]
+  exemptStatusCodes: number[]
 ): [RetryOptions, RequestOptions] {
   if (retries <= 0) {
     return [{enabled: false}, {}]
@@ -23,19 +21,18 @@ export function getRetryOptions(
     enabled: true
   }
 
-  if (doNotRetry.length > 0) {
-    retryOptions.doNotRetry = doNotRetry
+  if (exemptStatusCodes.length > 0) {
+    retryOptions.doNotRetry = exemptStatusCodes
   }
 
   const requestOptions: RequestOptions = {
-    retries,
-    retryAfter: retryAfter
+    retries
   }
 
   core.info(
     `GitHub client configured with: (retries: ${
       requestOptions.retries
-    }, retryAfter: ${requestOptions.retryAfter}, doNotRetry: ${
+    }, retry-exempt-status-code: ${
       retryOptions?.doNotRetry ?? 'octokit default: [400, 401, 403, 404, 422]'
     })`
   )