diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2eb6e784..44a7b3d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ htmlcov
 .vscode/
 .pytest_cache
 pip-wheel-metadata
+docs/source/reference/metrics.rst
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index b20dc238..5e61789e 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "  doctest    to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)"
 	@echo "  coverage   to run coverage check of the documentation (if enabled)"
 	@echo "  spelling   to run spell check on documentation"
+	@echo "  metrics    to generate documentation for metrics by inspecting the source code"
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
@@ -60,7 +61,12 @@ rest-api: source/_static/rest-api/index.html
 source/_static/rest-api/index.html: rest-api.yml node_modules
 	npm run rest-api
 
-html: rest-api
+metrics: source/reference/metrics.rst
+
+source/reference/metrics.rst: generate-metrics.py
+	python3 generate-metrics.py
+
+html: rest-api metrics
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
diff --git a/docs/generate-metrics.py b/docs/generate-metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81304bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/generate-metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import os
+from os.path import join
+
+from pytablewriter import RstSimpleTableWriter
+from pytablewriter.style import Style
+
+import jupyterhub.metrics
+
+HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+
+class Generator:
+    @classmethod
+    def create_writer(cls, table_name, headers, values):
+        writer = RstSimpleTableWriter()
+        writer.table_name = table_name
+        writer.headers = headers
+        writer.value_matrix = values
+        writer.margin = 1
+        [writer.set_style(header, Style(align="center")) for header in headers]
+        return writer
+
+    def _parse_metrics(self):
+        table_rows = []
+        for name in dir(jupyterhub.metrics):
+            obj = getattr(jupyterhub.metrics, name)
+            if obj.__class__.__module__.startswith('prometheus_client.'):
+                for metric in obj.describe():
+                    table_rows.append([metric.type, metric.name, metric.documentation])
+        return table_rows
+
+    def prometheus_metrics(self):
+        generated_directory = f"{HERE}/source/reference"
+        if not os.path.exists(generated_directory):
+            os.makedirs(generated_directory)
+
+        filename = f"{generated_directory}/metrics.rst"
+        table_name = ""
+        headers = ["Type", "Name", "Description"]
+        values = self._parse_metrics()
+        writer = self.create_writer(table_name, headers, values)
+
+        title = "List of Prometheus Metrics"
+        underline = "============================"
+        content = f"{title}\n{underline}\n{writer.dumps()}"
+        with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(content)
+        print(f"Generated {filename}.")
+
+
+def main():
+    doc_generator = Generator()
+    doc_generator.prometheus_metrics()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 472fcc28..2d9da795 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ alabaster_jupyterhub
 # 0.1.0 released.
 https://github.com/jupyterhub/autodoc-traits/archive/75885ee24636efbfebfceed1043459715049cd84.zip
 pydata-sphinx-theme
+pytablewriter>=0.56
 recommonmark>=0.6
 sphinx-copybutton
 sphinx-jsonschema
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 63f758c9..e1e09b3e 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ intersphinx_mapping = {'https://docs.python.org/3/': None}
 on_rtd = os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS', None) == 'True'
 if on_rtd:
     # readthedocs.org uses their theme by default, so no need to specify it
-    # build rest-api, since RTD doesn't run make
+    # build both metrics and rest-api, since RTD doesn't run make
     from subprocess import check_call as sh
 
-    sh(['make', 'rest-api'], cwd=docs)
+    sh(['make', 'metrics', 'rest-api'], cwd=docs)
 
 # -- Spell checking -------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/source/reference/index.rst b/docs/source/reference/index.rst
index 4008a723..ed478fa1 100644
--- a/docs/source/reference/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/reference/index.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ what happens under-the-hood when you deploy and configure your JupyterHub.
    proxy
    separate-proxy
    rest
+   monitoring
    database
    templates
    ../events/index
diff --git a/docs/source/reference/monitoring.rst b/docs/source/reference/monitoring.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..774656ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/reference/monitoring.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Monitoring
+==========
+
+This section covers details on monitoring the state of your JupyterHub installation.
+
+JupyterHub expose the ``/metrics`` endpoint that returns text describing its current
+operational state formatted in a way `Prometheus <https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/>`_ understands.
+
+Prometheus is a separate open source tool that can be configured to repeatedly poll
+JupyterHub's ``/metrics`` endpoint to parse and save its current state.
+
+By doing so, Prometheus can describe JupyterHub's evolving state over time.
+This evolving state can then be accessed through Prometheus that expose its underlying
+storage to those allowed to access it, and be presented with dashboards by a
+tool like `Grafana <https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/getting-started/what-is-grafana/>`_.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   metrics