diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 976f688..277aae0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -228,7 +228,23 @@ Returns `false` when no `error` value is given, or the maximum amount of retries
 has been reached.
 
 Otherwise it returns `true`, and retries the operation after the timeout for
-the current attempt number.
+the current attempt number. `retryOperation.nextTimeout()` tells you how long
+that timeout is.
+
+#### retryOperation.nextTimeout()
+
+Returns the number of milliseconds the operation waits before the retry that the
+last `retryOperation.retry()` call scheduled. Returns `null` if that call did not
+schedule a retry, or if no retry has been scheduled since the operation was
+created, `reset()` or `stop()`ped. Call it right after `retry()`: inside the next
+attempt it still returns the timeout that led up to that attempt.
+
+```javascript
+if (operation.retry(err)) {
+  console.warn('Request failed, retrying in ' + operation.nextTimeout() + 'ms');
+  return;
+}
+```
 
 #### retryOperation.stop()
 
diff --git a/lib/retry_operation.js b/lib/retry_operation.js
index 105ce72..5f2b2f1 100644
--- a/lib/retry_operation.js
+++ b/lib/retry_operation.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function RetryOperation(timeouts, options) {
   this._timeout = null;
   this._operationStart = null;
   this._timer = null;
+  this._nextTimeout = null;
 
   if (this._options.forever) {
     this._cachedTimeouts = this._timeouts.slice(0);
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ module.exports = RetryOperation;
 RetryOperation.prototype.reset = function() {
   this._attempts = 1;
   this._timeouts = this._originalTimeouts.slice(0);
+  this._nextTimeout = null;
 }
 
 RetryOperation.prototype.stop = function() {
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ RetryOperation.prototype.stop = function() {
 
   this._timeouts       = [];
   this._cachedTimeouts = null;
+  this._nextTimeout    = null;
 };
 
 RetryOperation.prototype.retry = function(err) {
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@ RetryOperation.prototype.retry = function(err) {
     clearTimeout(this._timeout);
   }
 
+  this._nextTimeout = null;
+
   if (!err) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -62,12 +67,14 @@ RetryOperation.prototype.retry = function(err) {
     if (this._cachedTimeouts) {
       // retry forever, only keep last error
       this._errors.splice(0, this._errors.length - 1);
-      timeout = this._cachedTimeouts.slice(-1);
+      timeout = this._cachedTimeouts[this._cachedTimeouts.length - 1];
     } else {
       return false;
     }
   }
 
+  this._nextTimeout = timeout;
+
   var self = this;
   this._timer = setTimeout(function() {
     self._attempts++;
@@ -136,6 +143,10 @@ RetryOperation.prototype.attempts = function() {
   return this._attempts;
 };
 
+RetryOperation.prototype.nextTimeout = function() {
+  return this._nextTimeout;
+};
+
 RetryOperation.prototype.mainError = function() {
   if (this._errors.length === 0) {
     return null;
diff --git a/test/integration/test-next-timeout.js b/test/integration/test-next-timeout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1304c8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/test-next-timeout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = common.assert;
+var retry = require(common.dir.lib + '/retry');
+
+(function testNextTimeout() {
+  var operation = retry.operation([1, 2]);
+  var nextTimeouts = [];
+  assert.strictEqual(operation.nextTimeout(), null);
+
+  operation.attempt(function() {
+    operation.retry(new Error('foo'));
+    nextTimeouts.push(operation.nextTimeout());
+  });
+
+  process.on('exit', function() {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(nextTimeouts, [1, 2, null]);
+  });
+})();
+
+(function testNextTimeoutWhenRetryingForever() {
+  var operation = retry.operation({retries: 1, minTimeout: 1, forever: true});
+  var nextTimeouts = [];
+
+  operation.attempt(function(attempt) {
+    operation.retry(new Error('foo'));
+    nextTimeouts.push(operation.nextTimeout());
+    if (attempt === 3) {
+      operation.stop();
+      nextTimeouts.push(operation.nextTimeout());
+    }
+  });
+
+  process.on('exit', function() {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(nextTimeouts, [1, 1, 1, null]);
+  });
+})();