diff --git a/Libraries/Performance/RCTRenderingPerf.js b/Libraries/Performance/RCTRenderingPerf.js
index c15e742a0d2abc..73281c8cfcc0f7 100644
--- a/Libraries/Performance/RCTRenderingPerf.js
+++ b/Libraries/Performance/RCTRenderingPerf.js
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ var RCTRenderingPerf = {
     }
 
     ReactPerf.stop();
-    ReactPerf.printInclusive();
-    ReactPerf.printWasted();
     ReactDebugTool.removeHook(RCTRenderingPerfDevtool);
 
     console.log(`Total time spent in render(): ${totalRenderDuration.toFixed(2)} ms`);
@@ -75,6 +73,30 @@ var RCTRenderingPerf = {
     perfModules.forEach((module) => module.stop());
   },
 
+  printInclusive: function() {
+    if (!enabled) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    ReactPerf.printInclusive();
+  },
+
+  printWasted: function() {
+    if (!enabled) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    ReactPerf.printWasted();
+  },
+
+  printExclusive: function() {
+    if (!enabled) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    ReactPerf.printExclusive();
+  },
+
   register: function(module: perfModule) {
     invariant(
       typeof module.start === 'function',
diff --git a/docs/Performance.md b/docs/Performance.md
index f63bc6f2c6960e..903498fd3433cd 100644
--- a/docs/Performance.md
+++ b/docs/Performance.md
@@ -157,7 +157,29 @@ Access it by selecting Perf Monitor from the Debug menu.
 
 For iOS, Instruments is an invaluable tool, and on Android you should learn to use [`systrace`](docs/performance.html#profiling-android-ui-performance-with-systrace).
 
-You can also use [`react-addons-perf`](https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/perf.html) to get insights into where React is spending time when rendering your components.
+You can also use `RCTRenderingPerf` to get insights into where React is spending time when rendering your components.
+
+```
+import PerfMonitor from 'react-native/Libraries/Performance/RCTRenderingPerf'
+
+// enable performance monitoring
+PerfMonitor.toggle()
+
+// start recording render performance
+PerfMonitor.start()
+
+// ...potentially slow code
+
+// stop recording
+PerfMonitor.stop()
+
+// output stats to console
+PerfMonitor.printExclusive()
+PerfMonitor.printInclusive()
+PerfMonitor.printWasted()
+```
+
+For more information on the output of the print functions, see the documentation for [`react-addons-perf`](https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/perf.html).
 
 Another way to profile JavaScript is to use the Chrome profiler while debugging.
 This won't give you accurate results as the code is running in Chrome but will give you a general idea of where bottlenecks might be.