diff --git a/docs/reference.xml b/docs/reference.xml
index 6cc05fdc..3c4fbcf3 100644
--- a/docs/reference.xml
+++ b/docs/reference.xml
@@ -90,18 +90,17 @@
 				</command>
 
 				<command name="push">
-          <description>Temporarily redefines the value of an alias.</description>
+					<description>Temporarily redefines the value of an alias.</description>
 					<arguments>
 						<argument token="N" description="alias name"/>
 						<argument token="A" description="action"/>
 					</arguments>
-          <examples>
-          <example>
-            <code><![CDATA[p = 1; push p 2; echo $p]]></code>
-            <explanation>Output: 2
-            </explanation>
-          </example>
-          </examples>
+					<examples>
+						<example>
+							<code><![CDATA[p = 1; push p 2; echo $p]]></code>
+							<explanation>Output: 2</explanation>
+						</example>
+					</examples>
 					<references>
 						<identifierReference identifier="pop"/>
 					</references>
@@ -1021,6 +1020,25 @@
 					</arguments>
 				</command>
 
+				<command name="getEngineState">
+					<description>Returns a list of values describing the current engine (rendering) state.</description>
+					<remarks>
+						<remark>It will only be filled after the first frame was drawn.</remark>
+						<remark>The list is: FPS LOD WQD WVT EVT</remark>
+						<remark>FPS = Frames Per Second</remark>
+						<remark>LOD = Level Of Detail</remark>
+						<remark>WQD = World QuaD Count</remark>
+						<remark>WVT = World VerTex Count </remark>
+						<remark>EVT = Extra VerTex Count (HUD &amp; menu)</remark>
+					</remarks>
+					<examples>
+						<example>
+						<code><![CDATA[echo (getEngineState)
+						]]></code>
+						</example>
+					</examples>
+				</command>
+
 				<variable name="networkdebug">
 					<description>Enables output of processed network packets.</description>
 					<remarks>
diff --git a/source/src/renderhud.cpp b/source/src/renderhud.cpp
index adf9e847..4ac44e19 100644
--- a/source/src/renderhud.cpp
+++ b/source/src/renderhud.cpp
@@ -692,6 +692,10 @@ void drawscores()
     glPopAttrib();
 }
 
+string enginestateinfo = "";
+void CSgetEngineState() { result(enginestateinfo); }
+COMMANDN(getEngineState, CSgetEngineState, ARG_NONE);
+
 VARP(clockdisplay,0,0,2);
 VARP(dbgpos,0,0,1);
 void gl_drawhud(int w, int h, int curfps, int nquads, int curvert, bool underwater)
@@ -781,6 +785,7 @@ void gl_drawhud(int w, int h, int curfps, int nquads, int curvert, bool underwat
     extern void r_accuracy();
     if (!is_spect) r_accuracy();
     if(!hideconsole) renderconsole();
+	formatstring(enginestateinfo)("%d %d %d %d %d", curfps, lod_factor(), nquads, curvert, xtraverts);
     if(showstats)
     {
         if(showstats==2)