diff --git a/hiredis.h b/hiredis.h
index 6fb9e27..8992f32 100644
--- a/hiredis.h
+++ b/hiredis.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ typedef struct redisReader {
     void *privdata;
 } redisReader;
 
-void freeReplyObject(void *reply);
+/* Public API for the protocol parser. */
 redisReader *redisReplyReaderCreate(void);
 void redisReplyReaderFree(redisReader *r);
 void redisReplyReaderFeed(redisReader *r, const char *buf, size_t len);
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ int redisReplyReaderGetReply(redisReader *r, void **reply);
 #define redisReplyReaderGetObject(_r) (((redisReader*)(_r))->reply)
 #define redisReplyReaderGetError(_r) (((redisReader*)(_r))->errstr)
 
+/* Function to free the reply objects hiredis returns by default. */
+void freeReplyObject(void *reply);
+
 /* Functions to format a command according to the protocol. */
 int redisvFormatCommand(char **target, const char *format, va_list ap);
 int redisFormatCommand(char **target, const char *format, ...);