diff --git a/bin/swift-account-info b/bin/swift-account-info
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bfe447634e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/swift-account-info
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright (c) 2010-2012 OpenStack Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import os
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+from swift.common.ring import Ring
+from swift.common.utils import hash_path, storage_directory
+from swift.account.backend import AccountBroker
+
+
+def print_account_info(db_file, swift_dir='/etc/swift'):
+    if not os.path.exists(db_file) or not db_file.endswith('.db'):
+        print "DB file doesn't exist"
+        sys.exit(1)
+    try:
+        ring = Ring(swift_dir, ring_name='account')
+    except Exception:
+        ring = None
+    metadata = {}
+    broker = AccountBroker(db_file)
+    for key, (value, timestamp) in broker.metadata.iteritems():
+            if value and key.lower().startswith('x-account-meta-'):
+                metadata[key] = value
+    info = broker.get_info()
+    account = info['account']
+    account_hash = hash_path(account)
+    print '  Account: %s' % info['account']
+    print '  Account Hash: %s' % account_hash
+    print ('  Created at: %s (%s)' %
+           (datetime.fromtimestamp(float(info['created_at'])),
+            info['created_at']))
+    print ('  Put Timestamp: %s (%s)' %
+           (datetime.fromtimestamp(float(info['put_timestamp'])),
+            info['put_timestamp']))
+    print ('  Delete Timestamp: %s (%s)' %
+           (datetime.fromtimestamp(float(info['delete_timestamp'])),
+            info['delete_timestamp']))
+    print '  Container Count: %s' % info['container_count']
+    print '  Object Count: %s' % info['object_count']
+    print '  Bytes Used: %s' % info['bytes_used']
+    print '  Chexor: %s' % info['hash']
+    print '  ID: %s' % info['id']
+    if metadata:
+        print '  User Metadata: %s' % metadata
+    else:
+        print 'No user metadata found in db file'
+    print
+
+    if ring is not None:
+        print 'Ring locations:'
+        part, nodes = ring.get_nodes(account)
+        for node in nodes:
+            print ('  %s:%s - /srv/node/%s/%s/%s.db' %
+                   (node['ip'], node['port'], node['device'],
+                    storage_directory('accounts', part, account_hash),
+                    account_hash))
+        print
+        print 'note: /srv/node is used as default value of `devices`, '\
+              'the real value is set in account-server.conf '\
+              'on each storage node.'
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = OptionParser()
+    parser.set_defaults(swift_dir='/etc/swift')
+    parser.add_option(
+        '-d', '--swift-dir',
+        help="Pass location of swift directory")
+
+    options, args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if len(args) < 1:
+        print "Usage: %s [--swift-dir] ACCOUNT_DB_FILE" % sys.argv[0]
+        sys.exit(1)
+    print_account_info(args[0], swift_dir=options.swift_dir)
diff --git a/doc/manpages/swift-account-info.1 b/doc/manpages/swift-account-info.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e34b285417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manpages/swift-account-info.1
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+.\"
+.\" Author: Madhuri Kumari<madhuri.rai07@gmail.com> 
+.\"
+.\" Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+.\" you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+.\" You may obtain a copy of the License at
+.\"
+.\"    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+.\"
+.\" Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+.\" distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+.\" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+.\" implied.
+.\" See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+.\" limitations under the License.
+.\"  
+.TH swift-account-info 1 "3/22/2014" "Linux" "OpenStack Swift"
+
+.SH NAME 
+.LP
+.B swift-account-info
+\- Openstack-swift account-info tool
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+.B swift-account-info
+[ACCOUNT_DB_FILE] [SWIFT_DIR] 
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION 
+.PP
+This is a very simple swift tool that allows a swiftop engineer to retrieve 
+information about an account that is located on the storage node. One calls 
+the tool with a given db file as it is stored on the storage node system. 
+It will then return several information about that account such as; 
+
+.PD 0
+.IP	"- Account"
+.IP  "- Account hash "
+.IP  "- Created timestamp "
+.IP  "- Put timestamp "
+.IP  "- Delete timestamp "
+.IP  "- Container Count "
+.IP  "- Object count "
+.IP  "- Bytes used "
+.IP  "- Chexor "
+.IP  "- ID"
+.IP  "- User Metadata "
+.IP  "- Ring Location"
+.PD 
+    
+.SH DOCUMENTATION
+.LP
+More documentation about Openstack-Swift can be found at 
+.BI http://swift.openstack.org/index.html
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+
+.BR swift-container-info(1),
+.BR swift-get-nodes(1),
+.BR swift-object-info(1)
diff --git a/doc/manpages/swift-get-nodes.1 b/doc/manpages/swift-get-nodes.1
index 2055db5d95..e268ec2690 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/swift-get-nodes.1
+++ b/doc/manpages/swift-get-nodes.1
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ More documentation about Openstack-Swift can be found at
 
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
+
+.BR swift-account-info(1),
 .BR swift-container-info(1),
 .BR swift-object-info(1),
 .BR swift-ring-builder(1)
diff --git a/doc/manpages/swift-object-info.1 b/doc/manpages/swift-object-info.1
index 5303e656af..be9c91d776 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/swift-object-info.1
+++ b/doc/manpages/swift-object-info.1
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .LP
 .B swift-object-info
-[OBJECT_FILE] [SWIFT_DIR]
+[OBJECT_FILE] [SWIFT_DIR] 
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION 
 .PP
@@ -52,5 +52,7 @@ More documentation about Openstack-Swift can be found at
 .BI http://swift.openstack.org/index.html
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
+
+.BR swift-account-info(1),
 .BR swift-container-info(1),
 .BR swift-get-nodes(1)
diff --git a/doc/source/admin_guide.rst b/doc/source/admin_guide.rst
index b11a978fa3..908044fe48 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin_guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin_guide.rst
@@ -1033,6 +1033,10 @@ If you are looking at a container on the server and need more info,
 `swift-container-info` will display all the information like the account,
 container, replica locations and metadata of the container.
 
+If you are looking at an account on the server and need more info,
+`swift-account-info` will display the account, replica locations
+and metadata of the account.
+
 If you want to audit the data for an account, `swift-account-audit` can be
 used to crawl the account, checking that all containers and objects can be
 found.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7e1774ba6e..42c8f15ac2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ packages =
 scripts =
     bin/swift-account-audit
     bin/swift-account-auditor
+    bin/swift-account-info
     bin/swift-account-reaper
     bin/swift-account-replicator
     bin/swift-account-server