diff --git a/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/valve.dm b/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/valve.dm
index 4633c06511..21d90b2297 100644
--- a/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/valve.dm
+++ b/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/valve.dm
@@ -316,4 +316,8 @@
 			"\blue You have unfastened \the [src].", \
 			"You hear ratchet.")
 		new /obj/item/pipe(loc, make_from=src)
-		del(src)
\ No newline at end of file
+		del(src)
+
+/obj/machinery/atmospherics/valve/examine(mob/user)
+	..()
+	user << "It is [open ? "open" : "closed"]."