diff --git a/api-guide/source/faults.rst b/api-guide/source/faults.rst
index d8cf0638895e..8a88fa429e72 100644
--- a/api-guide/source/faults.rst
+++ b/api-guide/source/faults.rst
@@ -109,8 +109,24 @@ Instance Faults
 
 Nova often adds an instance fault DB entry for an exception that happens
 while processing an API request. This often includes more administrator
-focused information, such as a stack trace.
-However, there is currently no API to retrieve this information.
+focused information, such as a stack trace. For a server with status
+``ERROR`` or ``DELETED``, a ``GET /servers/{server_id}`` request will include
+a ``fault`` object in the response body for the ``server`` resource. For
+example::
+
+  GET https://10.211.2.122/compute/v2.1/servers/c76a7603-95be-4368-87e9-7b9b89fb1d7e
+  {
+     "server": {
+        "id": "c76a7603-95be-4368-87e9-7b9b89fb1d7e",
+        "fault": {
+           "created": "2018-04-10T13:49:40Z",
+           "message": "No valid host was found.",
+           "code": 500
+        },
+        "status": "ERROR",
+        ...
+     }
+  }
 
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