diff --git a/data/lua.js b/data/lua.js
index 2c73bb212..6a3d89f91 100644
--- a/data/lua.js
+++ b/data/lua.js
@@ -354,6 +354,25 @@ Optionally you can set \`synchronous\`, which will cause "100 Continue"
 header to be sent.`
 	},
 
+	{
+		name: 'set_event',
+		args: {
+			value: {
+				type: 'event',
+				text: `Event to be used as parent event.`
+			},
+		},
+		tags: [ 'http_request' ],
+		text: `Pass the parent event to be used for this request.`
+	},
+
+	{
+		name: 'get_event',
+		tags: [ 'http_request' ],
+		return: `An event object`,
+		text: `Returns the event used by the http_request.`
+	},
+
 	{
 		name: 'submit',
 		return: `An http_response object.`,
diff --git a/docs/core/admin/lua/lib_lua.md b/docs/core/admin/lua/lib_lua.md
index a9aacae44..ee8c4bcca 100644
--- a/docs/core/admin/lua/lib_lua.md
+++ b/docs/core/admin/lua/lib_lua.md
@@ -30,21 +30,42 @@ When script is loaded, `script_init()` function is called, if found.
 if necessary.
 :::
 
+To use an event in script_init(), use the dovecot.event() API call.
+This returns an event that uses the script event as its parent.
+
+```lua
+function script_init()
+  local event = dovecot.event()
+  event:log_debug("log message")
+  return 0
+end
+```
+
 ## De-initialization
 
 When script is being unloaded, `script_deinit()` function is called, if found.
 
 ## C API
 
+### `struct event *dlua_check_event(lua_State *L, int arg)`
+
+Check the argument with index `arg` from stack and try to convert
+it to an Dovecot Event. Throws an error if the argument is not a valid
+Dovecot Event.
+
 ### `void dlua_dovecot_register(struct dlua_script *script)`
 
 Register dovecot variable. This item can also be extended by context specific
 tables, like authentication database adds `dovecot.auth`.
 
-### `void dlua_push_event(struct event *event)`
+### `void dlua_push_event(lua_State *L, struct event *event)`
 
 Pushes an Dovecot Event to stack.
 
+### `void dlua_push_timeval(lua_State *L, const struct timeval *tv)`
+
+Pushes an timeval struct to stack as integer.
+
 ## Lua API
 
 ### Base Functions