diff --git a/doc/common/section_cli_nova_quotas.xml b/doc/common/section_cli_nova_quotas.xml
index ceacf2f0be..3ea00b4ef9 100644
--- a/doc/common/section_cli_nova_quotas.xml
+++ b/doc/common/section_cli_nova_quotas.xml
@@ -349,5 +349,33 @@
           <screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova help quota-update</userinput></screen></note>
       </step>
     </procedure>
+    <procedure>
+      <title>To display the current quota usage for a tenant user</title>
+      <step>
+        <para>Use <command>nova absolute-limits</command> to get a list of the
+        current quota values and the current quota usage.</para>
+        <screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova absolute-limits --tenant <replaceable>tenantName</replaceable></userinput>
+<computeroutput>+-------------------------+-------+
+| Name                    | Value |
++-------------------------+-------+
+| maxServerMeta           | 128   |
+| maxPersonality          | 5     |
+| maxImageMeta            | 128   |
+| maxPersonalitySize      | 10240 |
+| maxTotalRAMSize         | 51200 |
+| maxSecurityGroupRules   | 20    |
+| maxTotalKeypairs        | 100   |
+| totalRAMUsed            | 0     |
+| maxSecurityGroups       | 10    |
+| totalFloatingIpsUsed    | 0     |
+| totalInstancesUsed      | 0     |
+| totalSecurityGroupsUsed | 0     |
+| maxTotalFloatingIps     | 10    |
+| maxTotalInstances       | 10    |
+| totalCoresUsed          | 0     |
+| maxTotalCores           | 20    |
++-------------------------+-------+</computeroutput></screen>
+      </step>
+    </procedure>
   </section>
-  </section>
+</section>