diff --git a/hgext/releasenotes.py b/hgext/releasenotes.py
--- a/hgext/releasenotes.py
+++ b/hgext/releasenotes.py
@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@
                     ss = ", ".join(sorted(similar))
                     ui.write(_("(did you mean one of %s?)\n") % ss)
 
+def getadmonitionlist(ui, sections):
+    for section in sections._sections:
+        ui.write(_(str(section[0]) + ": " + section[1] + "\n"))
+
 def parsenotesfromrevisions(repo, directives, revs):
     notes = parsedreleasenotes()
 
@@ -467,7 +471,8 @@
 @command('releasenotes',
     [('r', 'rev', '', _('revisions to process for release notes'), _('REV')),
     ('c', 'check', False, _('checks for validity of admonitions (if any)'),
-        _('REV'))],
+        _('REV')),
+    ('a', 'admonition', False, _('returns admonition and its title'), None)],
     _('hg releasenotes [-r REV] [-c] FILE'))
 def releasenotes(ui, repo, file_=None, **opts):
     """parse release notes from commit messages into an output file
@@ -546,6 +551,9 @@
     release note after it has been added to the release notes file.
     """
     sections = releasenotessections(ui, repo)
+    if opts.get('admonition'):
+        return getadmonitionlist(ui, sections)
+
     rev = opts.get('rev')
 
     revs = scmutil.revrange(repo, [rev or 'not public()'])
diff --git a/tests/test-releasenotes-formatting.t b/tests/test-releasenotes-formatting.t
--- a/tests/test-releasenotes-formatting.t
+++ b/tests/test-releasenotes-formatting.t
@@ -407,3 +407,12 @@
   $ hg releasenotes -r . -c
   Invalid admonition 'fixes' present in changeset 0e7130d2705c
   (did you mean fix?)
+
+Usage of --admonition flag
+
+  $ hg releasenotes -a
+  feature: New Features
+  bc: Backwards Compatibility Changes
+  fix: Bug Fixes
+  perf: Performance Improvements
+  api: API Changes