diff --git a/google/auth/jwt.py b/google/auth/jwt.py
index 087dbd9..7a9bdd5 100644
--- a/google/auth/jwt.py
+++ b/google/auth/jwt.py
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 
 from google.auth import _helpers
 from google.auth import _service_account_info
-from google.auth import credentials
 from google.auth import crypt
+import google.auth.credentials
 
 
 _DEFAULT_TOKEN_LIFETIME_SECS = 3600  # 1 hour in sections
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@
     return payload
 
 
-class Credentials(credentials.Signing,
-                  credentials.Credentials):
+class Credentials(google.auth.credentials.Signing,
+                  google.auth.credentials.Credentials):
     """Credentials that use a JWT as the bearer token.
 
     These credentials require an "audience" claim. This claim identifies the
@@ -253,23 +253,24 @@
     To create JWT credentials using a Google service account private key
     JSON file::
 
+        audience = 'https://pubsub.googleapis.com/google.pubsub.v1.Publisher'
         credentials = jwt.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
             'service-account.json',
-            audience='https://speech.googleapis.com')
+            audience=audience)
 
     If you already have the service account file loaded and parsed::
 
         service_account_info = json.load(open('service_account.json'))
         credentials = jwt.Credentials.from_service_account_info(
             service_account_info,
-            audience='https://speech.googleapis.com')
+            audience=audience)
 
     Both helper methods pass on arguments to the constructor, so you can
     specify the JWT claims::
 
         credentials = jwt.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
             'service-account.json',
-            audience='https://speech.googleapis.com',
+            audience=audience,
             additional_claims={'meta': 'data'})
 
     You can also construct the credentials directly if you have a
@@ -279,13 +280,14 @@
             signer,
             issuer='your-issuer',
             subject='your-subject',
-            audience=''https://speech.googleapis.com'')
+            audience=audience)
 
     The claims are considered immutable. If you want to modify the claims,
     you can easily create another instance using :meth:`with_claims`::
 
-        new_credentials = credentials.with_claims(
-            audience='https://vision.googleapis.com')
+        new_audience = (
+            'https://pubsub.googleapis.com/google.pubsub.v1.Subscriber')
+        new_credentials = credentials.with_claims(audience=new_audience)
     """
 
     def __init__(self, signer, issuer, subject, audience,
@@ -371,6 +373,41 @@
             filename, require=['client_email'])
         return cls._from_signer_and_info(signer, info, **kwargs)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_signing_credentials(cls, credentials, audience, **kwargs):
+        """Creates a new :class:`google.auth.jwt.Credentials` instance from an
+        existing :class:`google.auth.credentials.Signing` instance.
+
+        The new instance will use the same signer as the existing instance and
+        will use the existing instance's signer email as the issuer and
+        subject by default.
+
+        Example::
+
+            svc_creds = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
+                'service_account.json')
+            audience = (
+                'https://pubsub.googleapis.com/google.pubsub.v1.Publisher')
+            jwt_creds = jwt.Credentials.from_signing_credentials(
+                svc_creds, audience=audience)
+
+        Args:
+            credentials (google.auth.credentials.Signing): The credentials to
+                use to construct the new credentials.
+            audience (str): the `aud` claim. The intended audience for the
+                credentials.
+            kwargs: Additional arguments to pass to the constructor.
+
+        Returns:
+            google.auth.jwt.Credentials: A new Credentials instance.
+        """
+        kwargs.setdefault('issuer', credentials.signer_email)
+        kwargs.setdefault('subject', credentials.signer_email)
+        return cls(
+            credentials.signer,
+            audience=audience,
+            **kwargs)
+
     def with_claims(self, issuer=None, subject=None, audience=None,
                     additional_claims=None):
         """Returns a copy of these credentials with modified claims.
@@ -431,16 +468,16 @@
         # (pylint doesn't correctly recognize overridden methods.)
         self.token, self.expiry = self._make_jwt()
 
-    @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Signing)
+    @_helpers.copy_docstring(google.auth.credentials.Signing)
     def sign_bytes(self, message):
         return self._signer.sign(message)
 
     @property
-    @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Signing)
+    @_helpers.copy_docstring(google.auth.credentials.Signing)
     def signer_email(self):
         return self._issuer
 
     @property
-    @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Signing)
+    @_helpers.copy_docstring(google.auth.credentials.Signing)
     def signer(self):
         return self._signer
diff --git a/google/oauth2/service_account.py b/google/oauth2/service_account.py
index a4fc1b6..58580e2 100644
--- a/google/oauth2/service_account.py
+++ b/google/oauth2/service_account.py
@@ -204,38 +204,6 @@
             filename, require=['client_email', 'token_uri'])
         return cls._from_signer_and_info(signer, info, **kwargs)
 
-    def to_jwt_credentials(self, audience):
-        """Creates a :class:`google.auth.jwt.Credentials` instance from this
-        instance.
-
-        The new instance will use the same private key as this instance and
-        will use this instance's service account email as the issuer and
-        subject.
-
-        This is the same as calling
-        :meth:`jwt.Credentials.from_service_account_file` with the same
-        file used to create these credentials::
-
-            svc_creds = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
-                'service_account.json')
-            jwt_from_svc = svc_credentials.to_jwt_credentials()
-            # is the same as:
-            jwt_creds = jwt.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
-                'service_account.json')
-
-        Args:
-            audience (str): the `aud` claim. The intended audience for the
-                credentials.
-
-        Returns:
-            google.auth.jwt.Credentials: A new Credentials instance.
-        """
-        return jwt.Credentials(
-            self._signer,
-            issuer=self._service_account_email,
-            subject=self._service_account_email,
-            audience=audience)
-
     @property
     def service_account_email(self):
         """The service account email."""
diff --git a/system_tests/test_grpc.py b/system_tests/test_grpc.py
index 8a4419a..4bf1c5b 100644
--- a/system_tests/test_grpc.py
+++ b/system_tests/test_grpc.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import google.auth
 import google.auth.credentials
+import google.auth.jwt
 import google.auth.transport.grpc
 from google.cloud.gapic.pubsub.v1 import publisher_client
 
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@
     credentials, project_id = google.auth.default()
     audience = 'https://{}/google.pubsub.v1.Publisher'.format(
         publisher_client.PublisherClient.SERVICE_ADDRESS)
-    credentials = credentials.to_jwt_credentials(
+    credentials = google.auth.jwt.Credentials.from_signing_credentials(
+        credentials,
         audience=audience)
 
     channel = google.auth.transport.grpc.secure_authorized_channel(
diff --git a/tests/oauth2/test_service_account.py b/tests/oauth2/test_service_account.py
index 1bce670..c4c1d1b 100644
--- a/tests/oauth2/test_service_account.py
+++ b/tests/oauth2/test_service_account.py
@@ -111,19 +111,6 @@
         assert credentials._subject == subject
         assert credentials._additional_claims == additional_claims
 
-    def test_to_jwt_credentials(self):
-        jwt_from_svc = self.credentials.to_jwt_credentials(
-            audience=mock.sentinel.audience)
-        jwt_from_info = jwt.Credentials.from_service_account_info(
-            SERVICE_ACCOUNT_INFO,
-            audience=mock.sentinel.audience)
-
-        assert isinstance(jwt_from_svc, jwt.Credentials)
-        assert jwt_from_svc._signer.key_id == jwt_from_info._signer.key_id
-        assert jwt_from_svc._issuer == jwt_from_info._issuer
-        assert jwt_from_svc._subject == jwt_from_info._subject
-        assert jwt_from_svc._audience == jwt_from_info._audience
-
     def test_default_state(self):
         assert not self.credentials.valid
         # Expiration hasn't been set yet
diff --git a/tests/test_jwt.py b/tests/test_jwt.py
index 0716fc3..59769de 100644
--- a/tests/test_jwt.py
+++ b/tests/test_jwt.py
@@ -258,6 +258,20 @@
         assert credentials._audience == self.AUDIENCE
         assert credentials._additional_claims == self.ADDITIONAL_CLAIMS
 
+    def test_from_signing_credentials(self):
+        jwt_from_signing = self.credentials.from_signing_credentials(
+            self.credentials,
+            audience=mock.sentinel.new_audience)
+        jwt_from_info = jwt.Credentials.from_service_account_info(
+            SERVICE_ACCOUNT_INFO,
+            audience=mock.sentinel.new_audience)
+
+        assert isinstance(jwt_from_signing, jwt.Credentials)
+        assert jwt_from_signing._signer.key_id == jwt_from_info._signer.key_id
+        assert jwt_from_signing._issuer == jwt_from_info._issuer
+        assert jwt_from_signing._subject == jwt_from_info._subject
+        assert jwt_from_signing._audience == jwt_from_info._audience
+
     def test_default_state(self):
         assert not self.credentials.valid
         # Expiration hasn't been set yet