diff --git a/social/twitter/27-twitter.html b/social/twitter/27-twitter.html
index 44b6efd2..8c4a2ca2 100644
--- a/social/twitter/27-twitter.html
+++ b/social/twitter/27-twitter.html
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@
     <p>To send a Direct Message (DM) - use a payload like "D {username} {message}"</p>
     <p>If <b>msg.media</b> exists and is a Buffer object, this node will treat it
        as an image and attach it to the tweet.</p>
+    <p>If <b>msg.params</b> exists and is a set of field: value pairs, this node will treat it as 
+       parameters for the update request</p>
+
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/social/twitter/27-twitter.js b/social/twitter/27-twitter.js
index 8279d4d1..a245723d 100644
--- a/social/twitter/27-twitter.js
+++ b/social/twitter/27-twitter.js
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                         form.append("media[]",msg.media,{filename:"image"});
 
                     } else {
-                        twit.updateStatus(msg.payload, function (err, data) {
+                        if (typeof msg.params === 'undefined') { msg.params = {};}
+                        twit.updateStatus(msg.payload, msg.params, function (err, data) {
                             if (err) {
                                 node.status({fill:"red",shape:"ring",text:RED._("twitter.status.failed")});
                                 node.error(err,msg);