diff --git a/js/common/bootstrap/module-console.js b/js/common/bootstrap/module-console.js
index 8010331d87..755cf013a4 100644
--- a/js/common/bootstrap/module-console.js
+++ b/js/common/bootstrap/module-console.js
@@ -289,23 +289,15 @@
 /// log message.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-  exports.log = function () {
-    'use strict';
-
-    var msg;
-
-    try {
-      msg = sprintf.apply(sprintf, arguments);
-    }
-    catch (err) {
-      msg = err + ": " + arguments;
-    }
-
-    log("info", msg);
-  };
+  exports.log = exports.info;
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief time
+///
+/// @FUN{console.time(@FA{name})}
+///
+/// Creates a new timer under the given name. Call @FN{timeEnd} with the same
+/// name to stop the timer and log the time elapsed.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
   exports.time = function (label) {
@@ -316,6 +308,10 @@
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief timeEnd
+///
+/// @FUN{console.timeEnd(@FA{name})}
+///
+/// Stops a timer created by a call to @FN{time} and logs the time elapsed. 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
   exports.timeEnd = function(label) {
@@ -333,6 +329,23 @@
     exports.log('%s: %dms', label, duration);
 };
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief trace
+/// 
+/// @FUN{console.trace()}
+///
+/// Logs a static stack trace of JavaScript execution at the point where it is
+/// called. 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+  exports.trace = function () {
+    var err = new Error();
+    err.name = 'trace';
+    err.message = sprintf.apply(sprintf, arguments);
+    Error.captureStackTrace(err, arguments.callee);
+    exports.log(err.stack);
+  };
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief warn
 ///
diff --git a/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp b/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp
index 8f198bafee..4e97495243 100644
--- a/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp
+++ b/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static v8::Handle<v8::Value> JS_SizeFile (v8::Arguments const& argv) {
 ///
 /// @FUN{console.getline()}
 ///
-/// Reads in a line from the console.
+/// Reads in a line from the console and returns it as string.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 static v8::Handle<v8::Value> JS_Getline (v8::Arguments const& argv) {