diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 2a0bb1f84..c36d3a1cf 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ The command line options are processed in sequential order from left to right. P
 	--savetiddlers <outdir>		# Saves all the loaded tiddlers as `.tid` files in the specified directory
 	--servewiki <port>			# Serve the cooked TiddlyWiki over HTTP at `/`
 	--servetiddlers <port>		# Serve individual tiddlers over HTTP at `/tiddlertitle`
+	--dumpstore					# Dump the TiddlyWiki store in JSON format
+	--dumprecipe				# Dump the current recipe in JSON format
 	--verbose 					# verbose output, useful for debugging
 
 This example loads the tiddlers from a TiddlyWiki HTML file and makes them available over HTTP:
diff --git a/tiddlywiki.js b/tiddlywiki.js
index fa7b6d45d..faaf3e15f 100644
--- a/tiddlywiki.js
+++ b/tiddlywiki.js
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ var commandLineSwitches = {
 			process.nextTick(function() {callback(null);});
 		}
 	},
+	dumprecipe: {
+		args: {min: 0, max: 0},
+		handler: function(args,callback) {
+			console.log("Recipe is:\n%s",util.inspect(recipe,false,10));
+			process.nextTick(function() {callback(null);});
+		}
+	},
 	load: {
 		args: {min: 1, max: 1},
 		handler: function(args,callback) {