diff --git a/docs/topics/telnetconsole.rst b/docs/topics/telnetconsole.rst
index b60eafdd5..4b8b9a9d8 100644
--- a/docs/topics/telnetconsole.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/telnetconsole.rst
@@ -43,9 +43,13 @@ convenience:
 +----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Shortcut       | Description                                                       |
 +================+===================================================================+
-| ``manager``    | the Project Crawler object (``scrapy.project.crawler``)           |
+| ``crawler``    | the Scrapy Crawler object (``scrapy.crawler``)                    |
 +----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| ``engine``     | the Scrapy engine object (``scrapy.project.crawler.engine``)      |
+| ``engine``     | the Scrapy Engine object (``scrapy.core.engine``)                 |
++----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| ``spider``     | the spider object (only if there is a single spider opened)       |
++----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| ``slot``       | the engine slot (only if there is a single spider opened)         |
 +----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | ``extensions`` | the Extension Manager (``scrapy.project.crawler.extensions``)     |
 +----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/scrapy/telnet.py b/scrapy/telnet.py
index b6b4c1b06..2d9b056be 100644
--- a/scrapy/telnet.py
+++ b/scrapy/telnet.py
@@ -61,14 +61,19 @@ class TelnetConsole(protocol.ServerFactory):
 
     def _get_telnet_vars(self):
         # Note: if you add entries here also update topics/telnetconsole.rst
+        slots = self.crawler.engine.slots
+        if len(slots) == 1:
+            spider, slot = slots.items()[0]
         telnet_vars = {
             'engine': self.crawler.engine,
+            'spider': spider,
+            'slot': slot,
             'manager': self.crawler,
             'extensions': self.crawler.extensions,
             'stats': stats,
             'spiders': self.crawler.spiders,
             'settings': self.crawler.settings,
-            'est': lambda x: print_engine_status(self.crawler),
+            'est': lambda: print_engine_status(self.crawler.engine),
             'p': pprint.pprint,
             'prefs': print_live_refs,
             'hpy': hpy,