diff --git a/docs/make.jl b/docs/make.jl
index b9b5cfced..6c0f59dcf 100644
--- a/docs/make.jl
+++ b/docs/make.jl
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ makedocs(;
             "interface/dataset.md",
             "interface/attributes.md",
             "interface/properties.md",
-            "interface/filters.md"
+            "interface/filters.md",
+            "interface/objects.md",
         ],
         "mpi.md",
         "Low-level library bindings" => "api_bindings.md",
diff --git a/docs/src/index.md b/docs/src/index.md
index 023a0a316..c7e633fae 100644
--- a/docs/src/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/index.md
@@ -489,6 +489,13 @@ b[1:10000] = collect(1:10000)
 
 when dimensions are reduced, the truncated data is lost. A maximum dimension of -1 is often referred to as unlimited dimensions, though it is limited by the maximum size of an unsigned integer.
 
+You can copy data from one file to another:
+
+```julia
+copy_object(source, data_name, target, name)
+copy_object(source[data_name], target, name)
+```
+
 Finally, it's possible to delete objects:
 
 ```julia
diff --git a/docs/src/interface/objects.md b/docs/src/interface/objects.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6135fd3de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/interface/objects.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Objects
+
+```@meta
+CurrentModule = HDF5
+```
+
+```@docs
+copy_object
+delete_object
+```
diff --git a/src/groups.jl b/src/groups.jl
index 133baa502..7c98360cd 100644
--- a/src/groups.jl
+++ b/src/groups.jl
@@ -145,6 +145,17 @@ function Base.keys(x::Union{Group,File})
     return children
 end
 
+"""
+    delete_object(parent::Union{File,Group}, path::AbstractString)
+
+Delete the object at `parent[path]`.
+
+# Examples
+```julia
+f = h5open("f.h5", "r+")
+delete_object(f, "Group1")
+```
+"""
 delete_object(
     parent::Union{File,Group},
     path::AbstractString,
diff --git a/src/objects.jl b/src/objects.jl
index 396685830..33aef75c0 100644
--- a/src/objects.jl
+++ b/src/objects.jl
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ function gettype(parent, path::AbstractString)
 end
 
 # Copy objects
+"""
+    copy_object(src_parent::Union{File,Group}, src_path::AbstractString, dst_parent::Union{File,Group}, dst_path::AbstractString)
+
+Copy data from `src_parent[src_path]` to `dst_parent[dst_path]`.
+
+# Examples
+```julia
+f = h5open("f.h5", "r")
+g = h5open("g.h5", "cw")
+copy_object(f, "Group1", g, "GroupA")
+copy_object(f["Group1"], "data1", g, "DataSet/data_1")
+```
+"""
 copy_object(
     src_parent::Union{File,Group},
     src_path::AbstractString,
@@ -58,6 +71,15 @@ copy_object(
     API.H5P_DEFAULT,
     _link_properties(dst_path)
 )
+"""
+    copy_object(src_obj::Object, dst_parent::Union{File,Group}, dst_path::AbstractString)
+
+# Examples
+```julia
+copy_object(f["Group1"], g, "GroupA")
+copy_object(f["Group1/data1"], g, "DataSet/data_1")
+```
+"""
 copy_object(src_obj::Object, dst_parent::Union{File,Group}, dst_path::AbstractString) =
     API.h5o_copy(
         checkvalid(src_obj),