diff --git a/docs/Lua API.rst b/docs/Lua API.rst
index 3eb053e73..a5894a3a5 100644
--- a/docs/Lua API.rst	
+++ b/docs/Lua API.rst	
@@ -3920,6 +3920,22 @@ A class with all the tcp functionality.
 
   Tries connecting to that address and port. Returns ``client`` object.
 
+
+.. _map-render:
+
+map-render
+==========
+
+A way to ask df to render a slice of map. This uses native df rendering function so it's highly dependant on 
+df settings (e.g. used tileset, colors, if using graphics or not and so on...)
+
+Functions
+---------
+
+- ``render_map_rect(x,y,z,w,h)``
+
+  returns a table with w*h*4 entries of rendered tiles. The format is same as ``df.global.gps.screen`` (tile,foreground,bright,background).
+
 .. _cxxrandom:
 
 cxxrandom
diff --git a/docs/Plugins.rst b/docs/Plugins.rst
index 62ddf29e6..458a43722 100644
--- a/docs/Plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/Plugins.rst
@@ -2745,4 +2745,5 @@ in the `lua-api` file under `lua-plugins`:
 * `eventful`
 * `building-hacks`
 * `luasocket`
+* `map-render`
 * `cxxrandom`