diff --git a/docs/resources.rst b/docs/resources.rst
index 0ea105d71..cb679de8a 100644
--- a/docs/resources.rst
+++ b/docs/resources.rst
@@ -3424,7 +3424,7 @@ A ``processes`` |inspec resource| block declares the name of the process to be t
 where
 
 * ``processes('process_name')`` must specify the name of a process that is running on the system
-* Multiple properties may be tested; for each property to be tested, use an ``its('property_name')`` statement
+* The ``user`` and ``state`` properties may be tested; they are exposed via ``users`` and ``states``, respectively.
 
 Matchers
 -----------------------------------------------------
@@ -3466,7 +3466,7 @@ The following examples show how to use this InSpec audit resource.
 .. code-block:: ruby
 
    describe processes('init') do
-     its('user') { should eq 'root' }
+     its('users') { should eq ['root'] }
    end
 
 **Test if a high-priority process is running**
@@ -3474,7 +3474,7 @@ The following examples show how to use this InSpec audit resource.
 .. code-block:: ruby
 
    describe processes('some_process') do
-     its('state') { should eq 'R<' }
+     its('states') { should eq ['R<'] }
    end
 
 
diff --git a/lib/resources/processes.rb b/lib/resources/processes.rb
index 651a9ad14..1271caccd 100644
--- a/lib/resources/processes.rb
+++ b/lib/resources/processes.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ class Processes < Inspec.resource(1)
   example "
     describe processes('mysqld') do
       its('list.length') { should eq 1 }
+      its('users') { should eq ['mysql'] }
+      its('states') { should include 'S' }
     end
   "
 
-  attr_reader :list
+  attr_reader :list,
+              :users,
+              :states
+
   def initialize(grep)
     # turn into a regexp if it isn't one yet
     if grep.class == String
@@ -25,6 +30,11 @@ class Processes < Inspec.resource(1)
     @list = all_cmds.find_all do |hm|
       hm[:command] =~ grep
     end
+
+    { users: :user,
+      states: :stat }.each do |var, key|
+      instance_variable_set("@#{var}", @list.map { |l| l[key] }.uniq)
+    end
   end
 
   def to_s
diff --git a/test/unit/mock/cmd/ps-aux b/test/unit/mock/cmd/ps-aux
index 127f88bcd..6c3cb9998 100644
--- a/test/unit/mock/cmd/ps-aux
+++ b/test/unit/mock/cmd/ps-aux
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
 root         1  0.0  0.0  18084  3228 ?        Ss   14:15   0:00 /bin/bash
 root        13  0.0  0.0  15284  2148 ?        R+   15:08   0:00 ps aux
+noot        19  0.0  0.0  24521  1536 s001     Ss   09:23   0:00 svc
+noot        23  0.0  0.0  25044  1908 s000     S    08:46   0:00 svc
diff --git a/test/unit/resources/processes_test.rb b/test/unit/resources/processes_test.rb
index a95ebda8d..44b30f4a9 100644
--- a/test/unit/resources/processes_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/resources/processes_test.rb
@@ -29,4 +29,10 @@ describe 'Inspec::Resources::Processes' do
 
     _(resource.list.length).must_equal 1
   end
+
+  it 'retrieves the users and states as arrays' do
+    resource = load_resource('processes', 'svc')
+    _(resource.users.sort).must_equal ['noot']
+    _(resource.states.sort).must_equal ['S', 'Ss']
+  end
 end