diff --git a/lib/jasmine.js b/lib/jasmine.js
index f7355b1c..877a6975 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine.js
+++ b/lib/jasmine.js
@@ -2467,5 +2467,5 @@ jasmine.version_= {
   "major": 1,
   "minor": 1,
   "build": 0,
-  "revision": 1307672575
+  "revision": 1307830575
 }
diff --git a/tasks/spec.rb b/tasks/spec.rb
index 4e411cb7..aeda8bc8 100644
--- a/tasks/spec.rb
+++ b/tasks/spec.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,39 @@
 desc "Run spec suite: Browser, Node, JSHint"
-task :spec => ["build_jasmine_js", "spec:node", "spec:browser"]
+task :spec => ["build_jasmine_js", "count_specs", "spec:node", "spec:browser"]
 
 desc 'Run specs in Node.js'
-task "spec:node" => :require_node do
+task "spec:node" => [:count_specs, :require_node] do
   puts "Running all appropriate specs via Node.js"
   system("node spec/node_suite.js")
 end
 
 desc "Run specs in the default browser (MacOS only)"
-task "spec:browser" => :build_runner_html do
+task "spec:browser" => [:count_specs, :build_runner_html] do
   puts "Running all appropriate specs via the default web browser"
   system("open spec/runner.html")
 end
 
-#def core_spec_count
-#
-#end
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+desc "Count number of specs in Jasmine core"
+task :count_specs do
+  core_specs_count =  count_specs_in(Dir.glob('spec/core/*.js'))
+  console_spec_count = count_specs_in(Dir.glob('spec/console/*.js'))
+  html_spec_count = count_specs_in(Dir.glob('spec/html/*.js'))
+
+  puts "\n"
+  puts "#{yellow(core_specs_count + console_spec_count)} specs for Node.js runner (exclude DOM-related specs)"
+  puts "#{yellow(core_specs_count + console_spec_count + html_spec_count)} specs for Browser runner (all specs)"
+  puts "\n"
+  puts "Please verify that these numbers match the runner output."
+  puts "\n"
+end
+
+def count_specs_in(files)
+  files.inject(0) do |count, file|
+    File.read(file).scan(/\sit\(/) {|s| count += 1}
+    count
+  end
+end
+
+def yellow(str)
+  "\033[33m#{str}\033[0m"
+end
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