diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ClusterShardingQuery.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ClusterShardingQuery.scala
index 29a016eaff..2b5037d868 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ClusterShardingQuery.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ClusterShardingQuery.scala
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 
 package akka.cluster.sharding.typed
 
+import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
+
 import akka.actor.typed.ActorRef
+import akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.ClusterShardingStats
 import akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.CurrentShardRegionState
 import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.scaladsl.EntityTypeKey
+import akka.util.JavaDurationConverters
 
 /**
  * Protocol for querying sharding state e.g. A ShardRegion's state
@@ -16,6 +20,11 @@ sealed trait ClusterShardingQuery
 /**
  * Query the ShardRegion state for the given entity type key. This will get the state of the
  * local ShardRegion's state.
+ *
+ * Intended for testing purpose to see when cluster sharding is "ready" or to monitor
+ * the state of the shard regions.
+ *
+ * For the statistics for the entire cluster, see [[GetClusterShardingStats]].
  */
 final case class GetShardRegionState(entityTypeKey: EntityTypeKey[_], replyTo: ActorRef[CurrentShardRegionState])
     extends ClusterShardingQuery {
@@ -30,4 +39,33 @@ final case class GetShardRegionState(entityTypeKey: EntityTypeKey[_], replyTo: A
     this(entityTypeKey.asScala, replyTo)
 }
 
-// TODO - GetClusterShardingStats
+/**
+ * Query the statistics about the currently running sharded entities in the
+ * entire cluster. If the given `timeout` is reached without answers from all
+ * shard regions the reply will contain an empty map of regions.
+ *
+ * Intended for testing purpose to see when cluster sharding is "ready" or to monitor
+ * the state of the shard regions.
+ *
+ * @param timeout the timeout applied to querying all alive regions
+ * @param replyTo the actor to send the result to
+ */
+final case class GetClusterShardingStats(
+    entityTypeKey: EntityTypeKey[_],
+    timeout: FiniteDuration,
+    replyTo: ActorRef[ClusterShardingStats])
+    extends ClusterShardingQuery {
+
+  /**
+   * Java API
+   *
+   * Query the statistics about the currently running sharded entities in the
+   * entire cluster. If the given `timeout` is reached without answers from all
+   * shard regions the reply will contain an empty map of regions.
+   */
+  def this(
+      entityTypeKey: javadsl.EntityTypeKey[_],
+      timeout: java.time.Duration,
+      replyTo: ActorRef[ClusterShardingStats]) =
+    this(entityTypeKey.asScala, JavaDurationConverters.asFiniteDuration(timeout), replyTo)
+}
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/internal/ShardingState.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/internal/ShardingState.scala
index 1f08f0c1c1..ec74d2b7c9 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/internal/ShardingState.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/internal/ShardingState.scala
@@ -3,27 +3,64 @@
  */
 
 package akka.cluster.sharding.typed.internal
+
 import akka.actor.typed.Behavior
+import akka.actor.typed.SupervisorStrategy
 import akka.actor.typed.scaladsl.Behaviors
 import akka.actor.typed.scaladsl.adapter._
 import akka.annotation.InternalApi
-import akka.cluster.sharding.{ ClusterSharding, ShardRegion }
+import akka.cluster.sharding.ClusterSharding
+import akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion
 import akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.CurrentShardRegionState
-import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.{ ClusterShardingQuery, GetShardRegionState }
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.ClusterShardingQuery
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.GetClusterShardingStats
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.GetShardRegionState
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
 @InternalApi private[akka] object ShardingState {
 
-  def behavior(classicSharding: ClusterSharding): Behavior[ClusterShardingQuery] = Behaviors.receiveMessage {
-    case GetShardRegionState(key, replyTo) =>
-      if (classicSharding.getShardTypeNames.contains(key.name)) {
-        classicSharding.shardRegion(key.name).tell(ShardRegion.GetShardRegionState, replyTo.toClassic)
-      } else {
-        replyTo ! CurrentShardRegionState(Set.empty)
+  def behavior(classicSharding: ClusterSharding): Behavior[ClusterShardingQuery] = {
+    Behaviors
+      .supervise[ClusterShardingQuery] {
+        Behaviors.setup { context =>
+          Behaviors.receiveMessage {
+            case GetShardRegionState(key, replyTo) =>
+              if (classicSharding.getShardTypeNames.contains(key.name)) {
+                try {
+                  classicSharding.shardRegion(key.name).tell(ShardRegion.GetShardRegionState, replyTo.toClassic)
+                } catch {
+                  case e: IllegalStateException =>
+                    // classicSharding.shardRegion may throw if not initialized
+                    context.log.warn(e.getMessage)
+                    replyTo ! CurrentShardRegionState(Set.empty)
+                }
+              } else {
+                replyTo ! CurrentShardRegionState(Set.empty)
+              }
+              Behaviors.same
+
+            case GetClusterShardingStats(key, timeout, replyTo) =>
+              if (classicSharding.getShardTypeNames.contains(key.name)) {
+                try {
+                  classicSharding
+                    .shardRegion(key.name)
+                    .tell(ShardRegion.GetClusterShardingStats(timeout), replyTo.toClassic)
+                } catch {
+                  case e: IllegalStateException =>
+                    // classicSharding.shardRegion may throw if not initialized
+                    context.log.warn(e.getMessage)
+                    replyTo ! ShardRegion.ClusterShardingStats(Map.empty)
+                }
+              } else {
+                replyTo ! ShardRegion.ClusterShardingStats(Map.empty)
+              }
+              Behaviors.same
+          }
+        }
       }
-      Behaviors.same
+      .onFailure(SupervisorStrategy.restart)
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ClusterShardingStatsSpec.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ClusterShardingStatsSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d441b29a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ClusterShardingStatsSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.cluster.sharding.typed
+
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+import org.scalatest.concurrent.ScalaFutures
+
+import akka.actor.testkit.typed.scaladsl.TestProbe
+import akka.actor.typed.ActorRef
+import akka.actor.typed.Behavior
+import akka.actor.typed.scaladsl.Behaviors
+import akka.cluster.MultiNodeClusterSpec
+import akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.ClusterShardingStats
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.scaladsl.ClusterSharding
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.scaladsl.Entity
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.scaladsl.EntityTypeKey
+import akka.cluster.typed.MultiNodeTypedClusterSpec
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
+import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeSpec
+import akka.serialization.jackson.CborSerializable
+
+object ClusterShardingStatsSpecConfig extends MultiNodeConfig {
+
+  val first = role("first")
+  val second = role("second")
+  val third = role("third")
+
+  commonConfig(ConfigFactory.parseString("""
+        akka.log-dead-letters-during-shutdown = off
+        akka.cluster.sharding.updating-state-timeout = 2s
+        akka.cluster.sharding.waiting-for-state-timeout = 2s
+      """).withFallback(MultiNodeClusterSpec.clusterConfig))
+
+}
+
+class ClusterShardingStatsSpecMultiJvmNode1 extends ClusterShardingStatsSpec
+class ClusterShardingStatsSpecMultiJvmNode2 extends ClusterShardingStatsSpec
+class ClusterShardingStatsSpecMultiJvmNode3 extends ClusterShardingStatsSpec
+
+object Pinger {
+  sealed trait Command extends CborSerializable
+  case class Ping(id: Int, ref: ActorRef[Pong]) extends Command
+  case class Pong(id: Int) extends CborSerializable
+
+  def apply(): Behavior[Command] = {
+    Behaviors.receiveMessage[Command] {
+      case Ping(id: Int, ref) =>
+        ref ! Pong(id)
+        Behaviors.same
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+abstract class ClusterShardingStatsSpec
+    extends MultiNodeSpec(ClusterShardingStatsSpecConfig)
+    with MultiNodeTypedClusterSpec
+    with ScalaFutures {
+
+  import ClusterShardingStatsSpecConfig._
+  import Pinger._
+
+  private val typeKey = EntityTypeKey[Command]("ping")
+
+  private val sharding = ClusterSharding(typedSystem)
+  private val settings = ClusterShardingSettings(typedSystem)
+  private val queryTimeout = settings.shardRegionQueryTimeout * roles.size.toLong //numeric widening y'all
+
+  "Cluster sharding stats" must {
+    "form cluster" in {
+      formCluster(first, second, third)
+    }
+
+    "get shard stats" in {
+      sharding.init(Entity(typeKey)(_ => Pinger()))
+      enterBarrier("sharding started")
+
+      runOn(first) {
+        val pongProbe = TestProbe[Pong]()
+
+        val entityRef1 = ClusterSharding(typedSystem).entityRefFor(typeKey, "ping-1")
+        entityRef1 ! Ping(1, pongProbe.ref)
+        pongProbe.receiveMessage()
+
+        val entityRef2 = ClusterSharding(typedSystem).entityRefFor(typeKey, "ping-2")
+        entityRef2 ! Ping(2, pongProbe.ref)
+        pongProbe.receiveMessage()
+      }
+      enterBarrier("sharding-initialized")
+
+      runOn(first, second, third) {
+        val replyToProbe = TestProbe[ClusterShardingStats]()
+        sharding.shardState ! GetClusterShardingStats(typeKey, queryTimeout, replyToProbe.ref)
+
+        val stats = replyToProbe.receiveMessage(queryTimeout)
+        stats.regions.size shouldEqual 3
+        stats.regions.values.flatMap(_.stats.values).sum shouldEqual 2
+        stats.regions.values.forall(_.failed.isEmpty) shouldBe true
+      }
+      enterBarrier("done")
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlyTest.java b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlyTest.java
index bd72ed5879..450e56db6b 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlyTest.java
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlyTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ import akka.persistence.typed.PersistenceId;
 
 // #import
 
+// #get-shard-region-state
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.GetShardRegionState;
+import akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.CurrentShardRegionState;
+
+// #get-shard-region-state
+// #get-cluster-sharding-stats
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.GetClusterShardingStats;
+import akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.ClusterShardingStats;
+
+// #get-cluster-sharding-stats
+
 import jdocs.akka.persistence.typed.BlogPostEntity;
 
 interface ShardingCompileOnlyTest {
@@ -248,4 +259,31 @@ interface ShardingCompileOnlyTest {
         ClusterSharding.get(system).entityRefFor(typeKey, entityId, "dc2");
     // #proxy-dc-entityref
   }
+
+  public static void shardRegionQqueryExample() {
+    ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create(Behaviors.empty(), "ShardingExample");
+    ActorRef<CurrentShardRegionState> replyMessageAdapter = null;
+    EntityTypeKey<Counter.Command> typeKey = EntityTypeKey.create(Counter.Command.class, "Counter");
+
+    // #get-shard-region-state
+    ActorRef<CurrentShardRegionState> replyTo = replyMessageAdapter;
+
+    ClusterSharding.get(system).shardState().tell(new GetShardRegionState(typeKey, replyTo));
+    // #get-shard-region-state
+  }
+
+  public static void shardingStatsQqueryExample() {
+    ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create(Behaviors.empty(), "ShardingExample");
+    ActorRef<ClusterShardingStats> replyMessageAdapter = null;
+    EntityTypeKey<Counter.Command> typeKey = EntityTypeKey.create(Counter.Command.class, "Counter");
+
+    // #get-cluster-sharding-stats
+    ActorRef<ClusterShardingStats> replyTo = replyMessageAdapter;
+    Duration timeout = Duration.ofSeconds(5);
+
+    ClusterSharding.get(system)
+        .shardState()
+        .tell(new GetClusterShardingStats(typeKey, timeout, replyTo));
+    // #get-cluster-sharding-stats
+  }
 }
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/scaladsl/ClusterShardingStateSpec.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/scaladsl/ClusterShardingStateSpec.scala
index 558a3413c3..f47ccdd52c 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/scaladsl/ClusterShardingStateSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/scaladsl/ClusterShardingStateSpec.scala
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ class ClusterShardingStateSpec
     with AnyWordSpecLike
     with LogCapturing {
 
-  val sharding = ClusterSharding(system)
+  private val sharding = ClusterSharding(system)
 
-  val shardExtractor = ShardingMessageExtractor.noEnvelope[IdTestProtocol](10, IdStopPlz()) {
+  private val shardExtractor = ShardingMessageExtractor.noEnvelope[IdTestProtocol](10, IdStopPlz()) {
     case IdReplyPlz(id, _)  => id
     case IdWhoAreYou(id, _) => id
     case other              => throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Unexpected message $other")
   }
 
-  val cluster = Cluster(system)
+  private val cluster = Cluster(system)
 
   val typeKey: EntityTypeKey[IdTestProtocol] = ClusterShardingSpec.typeKeyWithoutEnvelopes
 
-  "Cluster Sharding" must {
+  "Cluster Sharding CurrentShardRegionState query" must {
     "allow querying of the shard region state" in {
       val probe = TestProbe[CurrentShardRegionState]()
       cluster.manager ! Join(cluster.selfMember.address)
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/scaladsl/ClusterShardingStatsSpec.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/scaladsl/ClusterShardingStatsSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..628d2f7a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/scaladsl/ClusterShardingStatsSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.cluster.sharding.typed.scaladsl
+
+import org.scalatest.wordspec.AnyWordSpecLike
+
+import akka.actor.testkit.typed.scaladsl.LogCapturing
+import akka.actor.testkit.typed.scaladsl.ScalaTestWithActorTestKit
+import akka.actor.typed.ActorRef
+import akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.ClusterShardingStats
+import akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.ShardRegionStats
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.ClusterShardingSettings
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.GetClusterShardingStats
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.scaladsl.ClusterShardingSpec._
+import akka.cluster.typed.Cluster
+import akka.cluster.typed.Join
+import akka.cluster.typed.SelfUp
+
+class ClusterShardingStatsSpec
+    extends ScalaTestWithActorTestKit(ClusterShardingSpec.config)
+    with AnyWordSpecLike
+    with LogCapturing {
+
+  private val sharding = ClusterSharding(system)
+
+  private val typeKey: EntityTypeKey[IdTestProtocol] = ClusterShardingSpec.typeKeyWithoutEnvelopes
+
+  private val shardExtractor = ClusterShardingSpec.idTestProtocolMessageExtractor
+
+  // no need to scale this up here for the cluster query versus one region
+  private val queryTimeout = ClusterShardingSettings(system).shardRegionQueryTimeout
+
+  "Cluster Sharding ClusterShardingStats query" must {
+    "return empty statistics if there are no running sharded entities" in {
+      val cluster = Cluster(system)
+      val upProbe = createTestProbe[SelfUp]()
+
+      cluster.subscriptions ! akka.cluster.typed.Subscribe(upProbe.ref, classOf[SelfUp])
+      cluster.manager ! Join(cluster.selfMember.address)
+      upProbe.expectMessageType[SelfUp]
+
+      val replyProbe = createTestProbe[ClusterShardingStats]()
+      sharding.shardState ! GetClusterShardingStats(typeKey, queryTimeout, replyProbe.ref)
+      replyProbe.expectMessage(ClusterShardingStats(Map.empty))
+    }
+
+    "allow querying of statistics of the currently running sharded entities in the entire cluster" in {
+      val shardingRef: ActorRef[IdTestProtocol] = sharding.init(
+        Entity(typeKey)(_ => ClusterShardingSpec.behaviorWithId())
+          .withStopMessage(IdStopPlz())
+          .withMessageExtractor(idTestProtocolMessageExtractor))
+
+      val replyProbe = createTestProbe[String]()
+      val id1 = "id1"
+      shardingRef ! IdReplyPlz(id1, replyProbe.ref)
+      replyProbe.expectMessage("Hello!")
+
+      val replyToProbe = createTestProbe[ClusterShardingStats]()
+      val replyTo = replyToProbe.ref
+
+      ClusterSharding(system).shardState ! GetClusterShardingStats(typeKey, queryTimeout, replyTo)
+      val stats = replyToProbe.receiveMessage()
+
+      val expect = ClusterShardingStats(
+        Map(Cluster(system).selfMember.address -> ShardRegionStats(Map(shardExtractor.shardId(id1) -> 1), Set.empty)))
+
+      stats shouldEqual expect
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/docs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlySpec.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/docs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlySpec.scala
index c6c8e8e52e..7af737140e 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/docs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlySpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/docs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlySpec.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 import docs.akka.persistence.typed.BlogPostEntity
 import docs.akka.persistence.typed.BlogPostEntity.Command
 
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.scaladsl.ClusterSharding
+import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.scaladsl.EntityTypeKey
+
 @silent
 object ShardingCompileOnlySpec {
 
@@ -169,4 +172,42 @@ object ShardingCompileOnlySpec {
     //#sharded-response
   }
 
+  object ShardRegionStateQuery {
+
+    object Counter {
+      val TypeKey = EntityTypeKey[Basics.Counter.Command]("Counter")
+    }
+
+    val replyMessageAdapter: ActorRef[akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.CurrentShardRegionState] = ???
+
+    //#get-shard-region-state
+    import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.GetShardRegionState
+    import akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.CurrentShardRegionState
+
+    val replyTo: ActorRef[CurrentShardRegionState] = replyMessageAdapter
+
+    ClusterSharding(system).shardState ! GetShardRegionState(Counter.TypeKey, replyTo)
+    //#get-shard-region-state
+  }
+
+  object ClusterShardingStatsQuery {
+
+    object Counter {
+      val TypeKey = EntityTypeKey[Basics.Counter.Command]("Counter")
+    }
+
+    val replyMessageAdapter: ActorRef[akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.ClusterShardingStats] = ???
+
+    //#get-cluster-sharding-stats
+    import akka.cluster.sharding.typed.GetClusterShardingStats
+    import akka.cluster.sharding.ShardRegion.ClusterShardingStats
+    import scala.concurrent.duration._
+
+    val replyTo: ActorRef[ClusterShardingStats] = replyMessageAdapter
+    val timeout: FiniteDuration = 5.seconds
+
+    ClusterSharding(system).shardState ! GetClusterShardingStats(Counter.TypeKey, timeout, replyTo)
+    //#get-cluster-sharding-stats
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ShardRegion.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ShardRegion.scala
index 54cf382c8e..42be1906a1 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ShardRegion.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ShardRegion.scala
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ object ShardRegion {
   /**
    * Send this message to the `ShardRegion` actor to request for [[CurrentRegions]],
    * which contains the addresses of all registered regions.
+   *
    * Intended for testing purpose to see when cluster sharding is "ready" or to monitor
    * the state of the shard regions.
    */
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ object ShardRegion {
    * Send this message to the `ShardRegion` actor to request for [[ShardRegionStats]],
    * which contains statistics about the currently running sharded entities in the
    * entire region.
+   *
    * Intended for testing purpose to see when cluster sharding is "ready" or to monitor
    * the state of the shard regions.
    *
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingGetStatsSpec.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingGetStatsSpec.scala
index 8d2d1fbfa2..25ccdbd0d5 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingGetStatsSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingGetStatsSpec.scala
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ package akka.cluster.sharding
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
-import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-
 import akka.actor._
-import akka.cluster.{ Cluster, MemberStatus }
-import akka.testkit.{ TestDuration, TestProbe }
+import akka.cluster.Cluster
+import akka.cluster.MemberStatus
+import akka.testkit.TestDuration
+import akka.testkit.TestProbe
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 
 object ClusterShardingGetStatsSpec {
   import MultiNodeClusterShardingSpec.PingPongActor
diff --git a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/typed/cluster-sharding.md b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/typed/cluster-sharding.md
index 3e1aa3e4d1..655a1e6fb8 100644
--- a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/typed/cluster-sharding.md
+++ b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/typed/cluster-sharding.md
@@ -374,6 +374,36 @@ rebalanced to other nodes.
 See @ref:[How To Startup when Cluster Size Reached](cluster.md#how-to-startup-when-a-cluster-size-is-reached)
 for more information about `min-nr-of-members`.
 
+## Inspecting cluster sharding state
+
+Two requests to inspect the cluster state are available:
+
+@apidoc[akka.cluster.sharding.typed.GetShardRegionState] which will reply with a 
+@apidoc[ShardRegion.CurrentShardRegionState] that contains the identifiers of the shards running in
+a Region and what entities are alive for each of them.
+
+Scala
+:  @@snip [ShardingCompileOnlySpec.scala](/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/docs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlySpec.scala) { #get-shard-region-state }
+
+Java
+:  @@snip [ShardingCompileOnlyTest.java](/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlyTest.java) { #get-shard-region-state }
+
+@apidoc[akka.cluster.sharding.typed.GetClusterShardingStats] which will query all the regions in the cluster and reply with a
+@apidoc[ShardRegion.ClusterShardingStats] containing the identifiers of the shards running in each region and a count
+of entities that are alive in each shard.
+
+Scala
+:  @@snip [ShardingCompileOnlySpec.scala](/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/scala/docs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlySpec.scala) { #get-cluster-sharding-stats }
+
+Java
+:  @@snip [ShardingCompileOnlyTest.java](/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/ShardingCompileOnlyTest.java) { #get-cluster-sharding-stats }
+
+If any shard queries failed, for example due to timeout if a shard was too busy to reply within the configured `akka.cluster.sharding.shard-region-query-timeout`, 
+`ShardRegion.CurrentShardRegionState` and `ShardRegion.ClusterShardingStats` will also include the set of shard identifiers by region that failed.
+
+The purpose of these messages is testing and monitoring, they are not provided to give access to
+directly sending messages to the individual entities.
+
 ## Lease
 
 A @ref[lease](../coordination.md) can be used as an additional safety measure to ensure a shard