diff --git a/command/agent/http.go b/command/agent/http.go
index 792055b6bf..a254ecf195 100644
--- a/command/agent/http.go
+++ b/command/agent/http.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package agent
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/consul/structs"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
@@ -138,15 +137,23 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) wrap(handler func(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reque
 			return
 		}
 
+		prettyPrint := false
+		if req.URL.Query().Get("pretty") != "" {
+			prettyPrint = true
+		}
 		// Write out the JSON object
 		if obj != nil {
-			var buf bytes.Buffer
-			enc := json.NewEncoder(&buf)
-			if err = enc.Encode(obj); err != nil {
+			var buf []byte
+			if prettyPrint {
+				buf, err = json.MarshalIndent(obj, "", "    ")
+			} else {
+				buf, err = json.Marshal(obj)
+			}
+			if err != nil {
 				goto HAS_ERR
 			}
 			resp.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-			resp.Write(buf.Bytes())
+			resp.Write(buf)
 		}
 	}
 	return f
diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/http.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/agent/http.html.markdown
index c95662b05b..d5757fa58c 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/agent/http.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/agent/http.html.markdown
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ which is the last time a server was contacted by the leader node in
 milliseconds. The "X-Consul-KnownLeader" also indicates if there is a known
 leader. These can be used to gauge if a stale read should be used.
 
+## Formatted JSON Output
+
+By default, the output of all HTTP API requests return minimized JSON with all
+whitespace removed.  By adding "?pretty=true" to the HTTP request URL, 
+formatted JSON will be returned.
+
 ## KV
 
 The KV endpoint is used to expose a simple key/value store. This can be used