diff --git a/trailer.h b/trailer.h
index 36b40b8..65cc5d7 100644
--- a/trailer.h
+++ b/trailer.h
@@ -1,7 +1,32 @@
 #ifndef TRAILER_H
 #define TRAILER_H
 
+struct trailer_info {
+	/*
+	 * True if there is a blank line before the location pointed to by
+	 * trailer_start.
+	 */
+	int blank_line_before_trailer;
+
+	/*
+	 * Pointers to the start and end of the trailer block found. If there
+	 * is no trailer block found, these 2 pointers point to the end of the
+	 * input string.
+	 */
+	const char *trailer_start, *trailer_end;
+
+	/*
+	 * Array of trailers found.
+	 */
+	char **trailers;
+	size_t trailer_nr;
+};
+
 void process_trailers(const char *file, int in_place, int trim_empty,
 		      struct string_list *trailers);
 
+void trailer_info_get(struct trailer_info *info, const char *str);
+
+void trailer_info_release(struct trailer_info *info);
+
 #endif /* TRAILER_H */