diff --git a/docs/plugins.rst b/docs/plugins.rst
index 16d697fa..7fe497e6 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins.rst
@@ -87,8 +87,16 @@ get_generators                      generators                     invoked in Pe
                                                                    can return a Generator, or several
                                                                    generator in a tuple or in a list.
 page_generator_context              page_generator, metadata
+page_generator_preread              page_generator                 invoked before a page is read in PageGenerator.generate_context;
+                                                                   use if code needs to do something before every page is parsed.
 page_generator_init                 page_generator                 invoked in the PagesGenerator.__init__
 page_generator_finalized            page_generator                 invoked at the end of PagesGenerator.generate_context
+static_generator_context            static_generator, metadata
+static_generator_preread            static_generator               invoked before a static file is read in StaticGenerator.generate_context;
+                                                                   use if code needs to do something before every static file is added to the
+                                                                   staticfiles list.
+static_generator_init               static_generator               invoked in the StaticGenerator.__init__
+static_generator_finalized          static_generator               invoked at the end of StaticGenerator.generate_context
 content_object_init                 content_object                 invoked at the end of Content.__init__ (see note below)
 content_written                     path, context                  invoked each time a content file is written.
 =================================   ============================   ===========================================================================
diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
index 45447183..7c6ba66b 100644
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -643,6 +643,10 @@ class StaticGenerator(Generator):
     """copy static paths (what you want to copy, like images, medias etc.
     to output"""
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(StaticGenerator, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        signals.static_generator_init.send(self)
+
     def _copy_paths(self, paths, source, destination, output_path,
                     final_path=None):
         """Copy all the paths from source to destination"""
@@ -671,6 +675,7 @@ class StaticGenerator(Generator):
                 self.staticfiles.append(static)
                 self.add_source_path(static)
         self._update_context(('staticfiles',))
+        signals.static_generator_finalized.send(self)
 
     def generate_output(self, writer):
         self._copy_paths(self.settings['THEME_STATIC_PATHS'], self.theme,