2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a77f22..443ba82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ At this time there exists no API stability guarantees.
    - `command_register(name, function(argv, force, win, cursor, range))` hook up a Lua function to `:name` command
    - `map(mode, key, function)` map a Lua function to `key` in `mode`
    - `feedkeys(keys)` interpret `keys` as if they were read from the keyboard. If called from a key handling function, the keys will only be processed *after* the current key handling function has returned.
+   - `recording` boolean property, indicates whether a macro is currently being recorded
  - `file`
    - `content(pos, len)` or `content({start, finish})`
    - `insert(pos, data)`
diff --git a/vis-lua.c b/vis-lua.c
index b65796e..f1cc453 100644
--- a/vis-lua.c
+++ b/vis-lua.c
@@ -556,6 +556,10 @@ static int vis_index(lua_State *L) {
 			return 1;
 		}
 
+		if (strcmp(key, "recording") == 0) {
+			lua_pushboolean(L, vis_macro_recording(vis));
+			return 1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return index_common(L);