diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index a90b0859a2..21cafe689d 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -7565,7 +7565,7 @@ ngx.worker.count
 
 **syntax:** *count = ngx.worker.count()*
 
-**context:** *set_by_lua*, rewrite_by_lua*, access_by_lua*, content_by_lua*, header_filter_by_lua*, body_filter_by_lua*, log_by_lua*, ngx.timer.*, init_by_lua**
+**context:** *set_by_lua*, rewrite_by_lua*, access_by_lua*, content_by_lua*, header_filter_by_lua*, body_filter_by_lua*, log_by_lua*, ngx.timer.*, init_by_lua*, init_worker_by_lua**
 
 Returns the total number of the Nginx worker processes (i.e., the value configured
 by the [worker_processes](http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#worker_processes)
diff --git a/t/133-worker-count.t b/t/133-worker-count.t
index c97f6b40e5..3e03ecc843 100644
--- a/t/133-worker-count.t
+++ b/t/133-worker-count.t
@@ -50,3 +50,23 @@ GET /lua
 workers: 1
 --- no_error_log
 [error]
+
+
+
+=== TEST 3: init_worker_by_lua
+--- http_config
+    init_worker_by_lua_block {
+        init_worker_count = ngx.worker.count()
+    }
+--- config
+    location /lua {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            ngx.say("workers: ", init_worker_count)
+        }
+    }
+--- request
+GET /lua
+--- response_body
+workers: 1
+--- no_error_log
+[error]