diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2021-12-17  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
 
+	* C API: expose getTypeCode and getTypeName from QPDFObjectHandle.
+	Fixes #597.
+
 	* C API: add functions for working with stream data. Search for
 	"STREAM FUNCTIONS" in qpdf-c.h. Fixes #596.
 
diff --git a/manual/index.rst b/manual/index.rst
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--- a/manual/index.rst
+++ b/manual/index.rst
@@ -3662,6 +3662,8 @@ For a detailed list of changes, please see the file
     - Add several functions for working with streams. See ``STREAM
       FUNCTIONS`` in ``include/qpdf/qpdf-c.h`` for details.
 
+    - Add ``qpdf_oh_get_type_code`` and ``qpdf_oh_get_type_name``.
+
   - Documentation change
 
     - The documentation sources have been switched from docbook to