diff --git a/doc/api/users.md b/doc/api/users.md
index 3fdd3a75e88..20e0d68977e 100644
--- a/doc/api/users.md
+++ b/doc/api/users.md
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ GET /users
     "is_admin": false,
     "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/cd8.jpeg",
     "can_create_group": true,
-    "can_create_project": true
+    "can_create_project": true,
+    "projects_limit": 100
   }
 ]
 ```
@@ -140,7 +141,8 @@ Parameters:
   "color_scheme_id": 2,
   "is_admin": false,
   "can_create_group": true,
-  "can_create_project": true
+  "can_create_project": true,
+  "projects_limit": 100
 }
 ```
 
@@ -240,7 +242,8 @@ GET /user
   "color_scheme_id": 2,
   "is_admin": false,
   "can_create_group": true,
-  "can_create_project": true
+  "can_create_project": true,
+  "projects_limit": 100
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/api/entities.rb b/lib/api/entities.rb
index 4e7b1c91c4e..40696489ba2 100644
--- a/lib/api/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/api/entities.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ module API
 
     class UserFull < User
       expose :email
-      expose :theme_id, :color_scheme_id, :extern_uid, :provider
+      expose :theme_id, :color_scheme_id, :extern_uid, :provider, \
+             :projects_limit
       expose :can_create_group?, as: :can_create_group
       expose :can_create_project?, as: :can_create_project
     end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb
index bc1598273be..3bb6191ed9f 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/users_spec.rb
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
       json_response['is_admin'].should == user.is_admin?
       json_response['can_create_project'].should == user.can_create_project?
       json_response['can_create_group'].should == user.can_create_group?
+      json_response['projects_limit'].should == user.projects_limit
     end
 
     it "should return 401 error if user is unauthenticated" do