diff --git a/doc/langref.html.in b/doc/langref.html.in
index 4e70bb1342..4a56293208 100644
--- a/doc/langref.html.in
+++ b/doc/langref.html.in
@@ -9702,7 +9702,7 @@ The result is 3</code></pre>
       {#header_open|WASI#}
       <p>Zig's support for WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) is under active development.
       Example of using the standard library and reading command line arguments:</p>
-      {#code_begin|exe|wasi#}
+      {#code_begin|exe|args#}
       {#target_wasi#}
 const std = @import("std");
 
@@ -9716,10 +9716,31 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     }
 }
       {#code_end#}
-     <pre><code>$ wasmer run wasi.wasm 123 hello
-0: wasi.wasm
+      <pre><code>$ wasmtime args.wasm 123 hello
+0: args.wasm
 1: 123
 2: hello</code></pre>
+      <p>A more interesting example would be extracting the list of preopens from the runtime.
+      This is now supported in the standard library via {#syntax#}std.fs.wasi.PreopenList{#endsyntax#}:</p>
+      {#code_begin|exe|preopens#}
+      {#target_wasi#}
+const std = @import("std");
+const PreopenList = std.fs.wasi.PreopenList;
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    var preopens = PreopenList.init(std.heap.page_allocator);
+    defer preopens.deinit();
+
+    try preopens.populate();
+
+    for (preopens.asSlice()) |preopen, i| {
+        std.debug.warn("{}: {}\n", .{ i, preopen });
+    }
+}
+      {#code_end#}
+      <pre><code>$ wasmtime --dir=. preopens.wasm
+0: { .fd = 3, .Dir = '.' }
+</code></pre>
       {#header_close#}
       {#header_close#}
       {#header_open|Targets#}
diff --git a/lib/std/fs/wasi.zig b/lib/std/fs/wasi.zig
index 194e1d41a6..f08c74c129 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/wasi.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/wasi.zig
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ pub const Preopen = struct {
             .@"type" = .{ .Dir = path },
         };
     }
+
+    pub fn format(self: Self, comptime fmt: []const u8, options: std.fmt.FormatOptions, out_stream: var) !void {
+        try out_stream.print("{{ .fd = {}, ", .{self.fd});
+        switch (self.@"type") {
+            PreopenType.Dir => |path| try out_stream.print(".Dir = '{}'", .{path}),
+        }
+        return out_stream.print(" }}", .{});
+    }
 };
 
 /// Dynamically-sized array list of WASI preopens. This struct is a
@@ -138,3 +146,17 @@ pub const PreopenList = struct {
         return self.buffer.toOwnedSlice();
     }
 };
+
+test "extracting WASI preopens" {
+    if (@import("builtin").os.tag != .wasi) return error.SkipZigTest;
+
+    var preopens = PreopenList.init(std.testing.allocator);
+    defer preopens.deinit();
+
+    try preopens.populate();
+
+    std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), preopens.asSlice().len);
+    const preopen = preopens.find(".") orelse unreachable;
+    std.testing.expect(std.mem.eql(u8, ".", preopen.@"type".Dir));
+    std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 3), preopen.fd);
+}