diff --git a/doc/server.org b/doc/server.org
index 8ab5d8ee1e..a9dacfad86 100644
--- a/doc/server.org
+++ b/doc/server.org
@@ -70,11 +70,13 @@ buffer, then the command is ignored.
 ** Extracting information
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC
-INFO [line-number]
+INFO [line-number] [column-number]?
 #+END_SRC
 
 This command extracts typing information associated with line
-=[line-number]= (in the current file).
+=[line-number]= (in the current file) and =[column-number]=.
+If =[column-number]= is not provided then (potentially) long
+information is not included.
 Lean produces a possible empty sequence of entries delimited by the lines
 =-- BEGININFO= and =-- ENDINFO=.
 
@@ -147,6 +149,17 @@ Information about introduced coercions is of the form
 -- ACK
 #+END_SRC
 
+When =[column-number]= is provided in the =INFO= command, the type of terms surrounded by =()=
+is also included. The ouput has the form
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC
+-- EXTRA_TYPE|[line-number]|[column-number]
+[term]
+--
+[type]
+-- ACK
+#+END_SRC
+
 Here is an example of output produced by Lean
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC
diff --git a/src/frontends/lean/info_manager.cpp b/src/frontends/lean/info_manager.cpp
index 81ef566804..bb484be9e6 100644
--- a/src/frontends/lean/info_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/lean/info_manager.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ public:
     info_data_cell():m_column(0), m_rc(0) {}
     info_data_cell(unsigned c):m_column(c), m_rc(0) {}
     virtual ~info_data_cell() {}
+    /** \brief Return true iff the information is considered "cheap"
+        If the column number is not provided in the method info_manager::display,
+        then only "cheap" information is displayed.
+    */
+    virtual bool is_cheap() const { return true; }
     virtual info_kind kind() const = 0;
     unsigned get_column() const { return m_column; }
     virtual void display(io_state_stream const & ios, unsigned line) const = 0;
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@ public:
     int compare(info_data_cell const & d) const { return m_ptr->compare(d); }
     info_data instantiate(substitution & s) const;
     unsigned get_column() const { return m_ptr->get_column(); }
+    bool is_cheap() const { return m_ptr->is_cheap(); }
     void display(io_state_stream const & ios, unsigned line) const { m_ptr->display(ios, line); }
     info_data_cell const * raw() const { return m_ptr; }
 };
@@ -111,6 +117,7 @@ public:
     extra_type_info_data(unsigned c, expr const & e, expr const & t):info_data_cell(c), m_expr(e), m_type(t) {}
 
     virtual info_kind kind() const { return info_kind::ExtraType; }
+    virtual bool is_cheap() const { return false; }
 
     virtual void display(io_state_stream const & ios, unsigned line) const {
         ios << "-- EXTRA_TYPE|" << line << "|" << get_column() << "\n";
@@ -472,25 +479,27 @@ struct info_manager::imp {
         return !m_line_valid[l];
     }
 
-    void display_core(environment const & env, options const & o, io_state const & ios, unsigned line) {
+    void display_core(environment const & env, options const & o, io_state const & ios, unsigned line,
+                      optional<unsigned> const & col) {
         io_state_stream out = regular(env, ios).update_options(o);
         m_line_data[line].for_each([&](info_data const & d) {
-                d.display(out, line);
+                if ((!col && d.is_cheap()) || (col && d.get_column() == *col))
+                    d.display(out, line);
             });
     }
 
-    void display(environment const & env, io_state const & ios, unsigned line) {
+    void display(environment const & env, io_state const & ios, unsigned line, optional<unsigned> const & col) {
         lock_guard<mutex> lc(m_mutex);
         if (line >= m_line_data.size() || m_line_data[line].empty()) {
             // do nothing
         } else if (m_env_info.empty()) {
-            display_core(env, ios.get_options(), ios, line);
+            display_core(env, ios.get_options(), ios, line, col);
         } else {
             auto it  = m_env_info.begin();
             auto end = m_env_info.end();
             lean_assert(it != end);
             if (it->m_line > line) {
-                display_core(env, ios.get_options(), ios, line);
+                display_core(env, ios.get_options(), ios, line, col);
                 return;
             }
             while (true) {
@@ -499,7 +508,7 @@ struct info_manager::imp {
                 auto next = it;
                 ++next;
                 if (next == end || next->m_line > line) {
-                    display_core(it->m_env, join(it->m_options, ios.get_options()), ios, line);
+                    display_core(it->m_env, join(it->m_options, ios.get_options()), ios, line, col);
                     return;
                 }
                 it = next;
@@ -596,7 +605,9 @@ void info_manager::save_environment_options(unsigned l, environment const & env,
 void info_manager::clear() { m_ptr->clear(); }
 optional<pair<environment, options>> info_manager::get_final_env_opts() const { return m_ptr->get_final_env_opts(); }
 optional<pair<environment, options>> info_manager::get_closest_env_opts(unsigned linenum) const { return m_ptr->get_closest_env_opts(linenum); }
-void info_manager::display(environment const & env, io_state const & ios, unsigned line) const { m_ptr->display(env, ios, line); }
+void info_manager::display(environment const & env, io_state const & ios, unsigned line, optional<unsigned> const & col) const {
+    m_ptr->display(env, ios, line, col);
+}
 unsigned info_manager::get_processed_upto() const { return m_ptr->m_processed_upto; }
 optional<expr> info_manager::get_type_at(unsigned line, unsigned col) const { return m_ptr->get_type_at(line, col); }
 optional<expr> info_manager::get_meta_at(unsigned line, unsigned col) const { return m_ptr->get_meta_at(line, col); }
diff --git a/src/frontends/lean/info_manager.h b/src/frontends/lean/info_manager.h
index 2812d0a370..ef7dc49966 100644
--- a/src/frontends/lean/info_manager.h
+++ b/src/frontends/lean/info_manager.h
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public:
     optional<expr> get_type_at(unsigned line, unsigned col) const;
     optional<expr> get_meta_at(unsigned line, unsigned col) const;
     void clear();
-    void display(environment const & env, io_state const & ios, unsigned line) const;
+    void display(environment const & env, io_state const & ios, unsigned line,
+                 optional<unsigned> const & col = optional<unsigned>()) const;
     void block_new_info(bool f);
     unsigned get_processed_upto() const;
 };
diff --git a/src/frontends/lean/server.cpp b/src/frontends/lean/server.cpp
index 015d215e1e..52711bfcc5 100644
--- a/src/frontends/lean/server.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/lean/server.cpp
@@ -353,15 +353,25 @@ unsigned server::get_line_num(std::string const & line, std::string const & cmd)
     return r;
 }
 
-pair<unsigned, unsigned> server::get_line_col_num(std::string const & line, std::string const & cmd) {
+pair<unsigned, optional<unsigned>> server::get_line_opt_col_num(std::string const & line, std::string const & cmd) {
     std::string data = line.substr(cmd.size());
     unsigned i  = 0;
     consume_spaces(data, i);
     unsigned line_num = consume_num(data, i);
     check_line_num(line_num);
     consume_spaces(data, i);
+    if (i == data.size())
+        return mk_pair(line_num, optional<unsigned>());
     unsigned colnum = consume_num(data, i);
-    return mk_pair(line_num, colnum);
+    return mk_pair(line_num, optional<unsigned>(colnum));
+}
+
+pair<unsigned, unsigned> server::get_line_col_num(std::string const & line, std::string const & cmd) {
+    auto r = get_line_opt_col_num(line, cmd);
+    if (r.second)
+        return mk_pair(r.first, *r.second);
+    else
+        return mk_pair(r.first, 0);
 }
 
 void server::check_file() {
@@ -405,7 +415,7 @@ void server::set_option(std::string const & line) {
     m_out << "-- ENDSET" << std::endl;
 }
 
-void server::show_info(unsigned line_num) {
+void server::show_info(unsigned line_num, optional<unsigned> const & col_num) {
     check_file();
     m_out << "-- BEGININFO";
     if (m_file->infom().is_invalidated(line_num))
@@ -413,7 +423,7 @@ void server::show_info(unsigned line_num) {
     if (line_num >= m_file->infom().get_processed_upto())
         m_out << " NAY";
     m_out << std::endl;
-    m_file->infom().display(m_env, m_ios, line_num);
+    m_file->infom().display(m_env, m_ios, line_num, col_num);
     m_out << "-- ENDINFO" << std::endl;
 }
 
@@ -668,8 +678,8 @@ bool server::operator()(std::istream & in) {
                 unsigned line_num = get_line_num(line, g_remove);
                 remove_line(line_num-1);
             } else if (is_command(g_info, line)) {
-                unsigned line_num = get_line_num(line, g_info);
-                show_info(line_num);
+                auto line_col = get_line_opt_col_num(line, g_info);
+                show_info(line_col.first, line_col.second);
             } else if (is_command(g_set, line)) {
                 read_line(in, line);
                 set_option(line);
diff --git a/src/frontends/lean/server.h b/src/frontends/lean/server.h
index e2fce38fc3..c9706f9793 100644
--- a/src/frontends/lean/server.h
+++ b/src/frontends/lean/server.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ class server {
     class worker {
         snapshot             m_empty_snapshot;
         definition_cache &   m_cache;
-        atomic_bool          m_busy;
         file_ptr             m_todo_file;
         unsigned             m_todo_line_num;
         options              m_todo_options;
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ class server {
     void replace_line(unsigned line_num, std::string const & new_line);
     void insert_line(unsigned line_num, std::string const & new_line);
     void remove_line(unsigned line_num);
-    void show_info(unsigned line_num);
+    void show_info(unsigned line_num, optional<unsigned> const & col_num);
     void process_from(unsigned line_num);
     void set_option(std::string const & line);
     void eval_core(environment const & env, options const & o, std::string const & line);
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ class server {
     void show_options();
     void show(bool valid);
     unsigned get_line_num(std::string const & line, std::string const & cmd);
+    pair<unsigned, optional<unsigned>> get_line_opt_col_num(std::string const & line, std::string const & cmd);
     pair<unsigned, unsigned> get_line_col_num(std::string const & line, std::string const & cmd);
     void find_goal_matches(unsigned line_num, unsigned col_num, std::string const & filters);
 
diff --git a/tests/lean/interactive/t4.input.expected.out b/tests/lean/interactive/t4.input.expected.out
index dfd7133731..3538a731ba 100644
--- a/tests/lean/interactive/t4.input.expected.out
+++ b/tests/lean/interactive/t4.input.expected.out
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 -- IDENTIFIER|6|6
 epsilon
 -- ACK
--- EXTRA_TYPE|6|14
-λ (x : nat), true
---
-nat → Prop
--- ACK
 -- SYMBOL|6|14
 (
 -- ACK