diff --git a/chain/exchange/client.go b/chain/exchange/client.go
index 371c50aed..cb030bcf7 100644
--- a/chain/exchange/client.go
+++ b/chain/exchange/client.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (c *client) doRequest(
 		res, err := c.sendRequestToPeer(ctx, peer, req)
 		if err != nil {
 			if !xerrors.Is(err, network.ErrNoConn) {
-				log.Warnf("could not connect to peer %s: %s",
+				log.Warnf("could not send request to peer %s: %s",
 					peer.String(), err)
 			}
 			continue
diff --git a/cli/chain.go b/cli/chain.go
index 73b25324b..288793ee4 100644
--- a/cli/chain.go
+++ b/cli/chain.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/api"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/build"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/actors"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/stmgr"
 	types "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/types"
 )
 
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ var chainCmd = &cli.Command{
 		chainExportCmd,
 		slashConsensusFault,
 		chainGasPriceCmd,
+		chainInspectUsage,
 	},
 }
 
@@ -375,6 +378,118 @@ var chainSetHeadCmd = &cli.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+var chainInspectUsage = &cli.Command{
+	Name:  "inspect-usage",
+	Usage: "Inspect block space usage of a given tipset",
+	Flags: []cli.Flag{
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "tipset",
+			Usage: "specify tipset to view block space usage of",
+			Value: "@head",
+		},
+	},
+	Action: func(cctx *cli.Context) error {
+		api, closer, err := GetFullNodeAPI(cctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer closer()
+		ctx := ReqContext(cctx)
+
+		ts, err := LoadTipSet(ctx, cctx, api)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		pmsgs, err := api.ChainGetParentMessages(ctx, ts.Blocks()[0].Cid())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		codeCache := make(map[address.Address]cid.Cid)
+
+		lookupActorCode := func(a address.Address) (cid.Cid, error) {
+			c, ok := codeCache[a]
+			if ok {
+				return c, nil
+			}
+
+			act, err := api.StateGetActor(ctx, a, ts.Key())
+			if err != nil {
+				return cid.Undef, err
+			}
+
+			codeCache[a] = act.Code
+			return act.Code, nil
+		}
+
+		bySender := make(map[string]int64)
+		byDest := make(map[string]int64)
+		byMethod := make(map[string]int64)
+
+		var sum int64
+		for _, m := range pmsgs {
+			bySender[m.Message.From.String()] += m.Message.GasLimit
+			byDest[m.Message.To.String()] += m.Message.GasLimit
+			sum += m.Message.GasLimit
+
+			code, err := lookupActorCode(m.Message.To)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			mm := stmgr.MethodsMap[code][m.Message.Method]
+
+			byMethod[mm.Name] += m.Message.GasLimit
+
+		}
+
+		type keyGasPair struct {
+			Key string
+			Gas int64
+		}
+
+		mapToSortedKvs := func(m map[string]int64) []keyGasPair {
+			var vals []keyGasPair
+			for k, v := range m {
+				vals = append(vals, keyGasPair{
+					Key: k,
+					Gas: v,
+				})
+			}
+			sort.Slice(vals, func(i, j int) bool {
+				return vals[i].Gas > vals[j].Gas
+			})
+			return vals
+		}
+
+		senderVals := mapToSortedKvs(bySender)
+		destVals := mapToSortedKvs(byDest)
+		methodVals := mapToSortedKvs(byMethod)
+
+		fmt.Printf("Total Gas Limit: %d\n", sum)
+		fmt.Printf("By Sender:\n")
+		for i := 0; i < 10 && i < len(senderVals); i++ {
+			sv := senderVals[i]
+			fmt.Printf("%s\t%0.2f\t(%d)\n", sv.Key, (100*float64(sv.Gas))/float64(sum), sv.Gas)
+		}
+		fmt.Println()
+		fmt.Printf("By Receiver:\n")
+		for i := 0; i < 10 && i < len(destVals); i++ {
+			sv := destVals[i]
+			fmt.Printf("%s\t%0.2f\t(%d)\n", sv.Key, (100*float64(sv.Gas))/float64(sum), sv.Gas)
+		}
+		fmt.Println()
+		fmt.Printf("By Method:\n")
+		for i := 0; i < 10 && i < len(methodVals); i++ {
+			sv := methodVals[i]
+			fmt.Printf("%s\t%0.2f\t(%d)\n", sv.Key, (100*float64(sv.Gas))/float64(sum), sv.Gas)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	},
+}
+
 var chainListCmd = &cli.Command{
 	Name:  "list",
 	Usage: "View a segment of the chain",