From 2c070c6a7e4e5d8632198f4053c5ae4502f0b34c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Cook <33655003+jmcook1186@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 15:06:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add engine-api section to rpc/server.md (#25724)

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@@ -169,6 +169,15 @@ of requests is fairly low. Websockets provides a continuous open channel that ca
 event subscriptions and streaming and handle large volumes of requests with smaller per-message
 overheads.
 
+## Engine-API
+
+The Engine-API is a set of RPC methods that enable communication between Geth and the
+[consensus client](/docs/interface/consensus-clients.md). These are not designed to be 
+exposed to the user - instead they are called automatically by the clients when they
+need to exchange information. The Engine API is enabled by default - the user is not required
+to pass any instruction to Geth to enable these methods.
+
+Read more in the [Engine API spec](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/blob/main/src/engine/specification.md).
 
 ## Summary