diff --git a/docs/config/setup/modules/mermaidAPI.md b/docs/config/setup/modules/mermaidAPI.md
index 5bedb89549..5394a7e76c 100644
--- a/docs/config/setup/modules/mermaidAPI.md
+++ b/docs/config/setup/modules/mermaidAPI.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Renames and re-exports [mermaidAPI](mermaidAPI.md#mermaidapi)
 
 ### mermaidAPI
 
-• `Const` **mermaidAPI**: `Readonly`<{ `defaultConfig`: `MermaidConfig` = configApi.defaultConfig; `getConfig`: () => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.getConfig; `getSiteConfig`: () => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.getSiteConfig; `globalReset`: () => `void` ; `initialize`: (`options`: `MermaidConfig`) => `void` ; `parse`: (`text`: `string`, `parseOptions?`: [`ParseOptions`](../interfaces/mermaidAPI.ParseOptions.md)) => `Promise`<`boolean` | `void`> ; `parseDirective`: (`p`: `any`, `statement`: `string`, `context`: `string`, `type`: `string`) => `void` ; `render`: (`id`: `string`, `text`: `string`, `svgContainingElement?`: `Element`) => `Promise`<[`RenderResult`](../interfaces/mermaidAPI.RenderResult.md)> ; `reset`: () => `void` ; `setConfig`: (`conf`: `MermaidConfig`) => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.setConfig; `updateSiteConfig`: (`conf`: `MermaidConfig`) => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.updateSiteConfig }>
+• `Const` **mermaidAPI**: `Readonly`<{ `defaultConfig`: `MermaidConfig` = configApi.defaultConfig; `getConfig`: () => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.getConfig; `getDiagramFromText`: (`text`: `string`) => `Promise`<`Diagram`> ; `getSiteConfig`: () => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.getSiteConfig; `globalReset`: () => `void` ; `initialize`: (`options`: `MermaidConfig`) => `void` ; `parse`: (`text`: `string`, `parseOptions?`: [`ParseOptions`](../interfaces/mermaidAPI.ParseOptions.md)) => `Promise`<`boolean` | `void`> ; `parseDirective`: (`p`: `any`, `statement`: `string`, `context`: `string`, `type`: `string`) => `void` ; `render`: (`id`: `string`, `text`: `string`, `svgContainingElement?`: `Element`) => `Promise`<[`RenderResult`](../interfaces/mermaidAPI.RenderResult.md)> ; `reset`: () => `void` ; `setConfig`: (`conf`: `MermaidConfig`) => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.setConfig; `updateSiteConfig`: (`conf`: `MermaidConfig`) => `MermaidConfig` = configApi.updateSiteConfig }>
 
 ## mermaidAPI configuration defaults
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
index 1e7539aeb3..3010ce1302 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import { UnknownDiagramError } from './errors';
 import { DetailedError } from './utils';
 
 export type ParseErrorFunction = (err: string | DetailedError | unknown, hash?: any) => void;
+
+/**
+ * An object representing a parsed mermaid diagram definition.
+ * @privateRemarks This is exported as part of the public mermaidAPI.
+ */
 export class Diagram {
   type = 'graph';
   parser;
@@ -68,6 +73,15 @@ export class Diagram {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Parse the text asynchronously and generate a Diagram object asynchronously.
+ * **Warning:** This function may be changed in the future.
+ * @alpha
+ * @param text - The mermaid diagram definition.
+ * @returns A the Promise of a Diagram object.
+ * @throws {@link UnknownDiagramError} if the diagram type can not be found.
+ * @privateRemarks This is exported as part of the public mermaidAPI.
+ */
 export const getDiagramFromText = async (text: string): Promise<Diagram> => {
   const type = detectType(text, configApi.getConfig());
   try {
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
index 191fc672bd..b5c3236ff6 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ export const mermaidAPI = Object.freeze({
   render,
   parse,
   parseDirective,
+  getDiagramFromText,
   initialize,
   getConfig: configApi.getConfig,
   setConfig: configApi.setConfig,