diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/completion/token_usage.md b/docs/my-website/docs/completion/token_usage.md
index 8a65a24fb..32f8e2839 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/completion/token_usage.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/completion/token_usage.md
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ However, we also expose 5 helper functions + **[NEW]** an API to calculate token
 
 - `model_cost`: This returns a dictionary for all models, with their max_tokens, input_cost_per_token and output_cost_per_token. It uses the `api.litellm.ai` call shown below. [**Jump to code**](#5-model_cost)
 
-- `api.litellm.ai`: Live token + price count across [all supported models](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/model_prices_and_context_window.json). [**Jump to code**](#6-apilitellmai)
+- `register_model`: This registers new / overrides existing models (and their pricing details) in the model cost dictionary. [**Jump to code**](#6-register_model)
+
+- `api.litellm.ai`: Live token + price count across [all supported models](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/model_prices_and_context_window.json). [**Jump to code**](#7-apilitellmai)
 
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@@ -82,7 +84,26 @@ from litellm import model_cost
 print(model_cost) # {'gpt-3.5-turbo': {'max_tokens': 4000, 'input_cost_per_token': 1.5e-06, 'output_cost_per_token': 2e-06}, ...}
 ```
 
-### 6. `api.litellm.ai`
+### 6. `register_model`
+
+* Output: Returns updated model_cost dictionary + updates litellm.model_cost with model details.  
+
+```python
+from litellm import register_model
+
+litellm.register_model({
+        "gpt-4": {
+        "max_tokens": 8192, 
+        "input_cost_per_token": 0.00002, 
+        "output_cost_per_token": 0.00006, 
+        "litellm_provider": "openai", 
+        "mode": "chat"
+    },
+})
+```
+
+
+### 7. `api.litellm.ai`
 
 **Example Curl Request**
 ```shell
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index c9a4c6318..307d65644 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -1088,6 +1088,7 @@ def register_model(model_cost: dict):
         elif value.get('litellm_provider') == 'bedrock': 
             if key not in litellm.bedrock_models:
                 litellm.bedrock_models.append(key)
+    return model_cost
 
 def get_litellm_params(
     return_async=False,