modify according to dnfield@

Author: CareF

packages/integration_test/example/test_driver/example_integration_io.dart

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ void main() {
     // Build our app and trigger a frame.
     app.main();
 
+    // Trace the timeline of the following operation. The timeline result will
+    // be written to `build/integration_response_data.json` with the key
+    // `timeline`.
     await binding.traceAction(() async {
       // Trigger a frame.
       await tester.pumpAndSettle();

packages/integration_test/lib/integration_test.dart

@@ -219,13 +219,13 @@ class IntegrationTestWidgetsFlutterBinding
     await _vmService.setVMTimelineFlags(streams);
   }
 
-  /// Runs [action] and outputs a [vm.Timeline] trace for it.
+  /// Runs [action] and returns a [vm.Timeline] trace for it.
   ///
   /// Waits for the `Future` returned by [action] to complete prior to stopping
   /// the trace.
   ///
-  /// `streams` limits the recorded timeline event streams to only the ones
-  /// listed. By default, all streams are recorded.
+  /// The `streams` parameter limits the recorded timeline event streams to only
+  /// the ones listed. By default, all streams are recorded.
   /// See `timeline_streams` in
   /// https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/blob/master/runtime/vm/timeline.cc
   ///
@@ -253,8 +253,16 @@ class IntegrationTestWidgetsFlutterBinding
     );
   }
 
-  /// This is a convience wrap of [traceTimeline] and send the result back to
-  /// the host.
+  /// This is a convenience wrap of [traceTimeline] and send the result back to
+  /// the host for the [flutter_driver] style tests.
+  ///
+  /// This records the timeline during `action` and adds the result to
+  /// [reportData] with `reportKey`.
+  ///
+  /// For tests with multiple calls of this method, `reportKey` needs to be a
+  /// unique key, otherwise the later result will override earlier one.
+  ///
+  /// `streams` and `retainPriorEvents` are passed as-is to [traceTimeline].
   Future<void> traceAction(
     Future<dynamic> action(), {
     List<String> streams = const <String>['all'],