diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ce417b..4fd0f81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ datetime.date(2015, 2, 5)
 True
 ```
 
+## Pretty-Printing Time
+
+The `._print()` method can be used to get a string representation of the PrettyTime object in a human-readable format. This method returns a string that lists the time units (seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years) that are not zero in the PrettyTime object.
+
+Example:
+
+```python
+>>> from prettytime import t
+>>> print(t(3).days._print())
+'3 days'
+```
+
 ## Planned changes:
 
  + Add [`django-pretty-times`](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-pretty-times/0.1.0)-like functionality to allow pretty printing as well
diff --git a/prettytime.py b/prettytime.py
index e192b74..f34780f 100644
--- a/prettytime.py
+++ b/prettytime.py
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ def __init__(self, num=None):
             self.num = None
             self.today = datetime.datetime.today()
 
+    def _print(self):
+        if datetime.datetime.today() < self.today:
+            return str(self.num) + " " + self.attr + " from now"
+        elif datetime.datetime.today() == self.today:
+            return "today"
+        else:
+            return str(self.num) + " " + self.attr + " ago"
+
     def _make(self, timedict):
         return PrettyDelta(**timedict)