diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 068fa9f..696d0bb 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ The following are the changes from calc version 2.14.3.5 to date:
     a COMPLEX value that is real (imag part is 0) into a NUMBER and
     optionally free the COMPLEX value.  The func.c code now uses c_to_q().
 
+    Added q_to_c(NUMBER *q) to make it easier to convert a NUMBER
+    into an allocated COMPLEX value.
+
     Added new vercos(x, [,eps]) for versed cosine and covercos(x, [,eps])
     for inverse versed cosine.
 
diff --git a/LIBRARY b/LIBRARY
index 71dd501..70b42ea 100644
--- a/LIBRARY
+++ b/LIBRARY
@@ -653,6 +653,13 @@ The 2nd argument to c_to_q() determines if the complex argument should be freed
 or not.  Pass a false value as the 2nd arg if you wish to continue to use the
 COMPLEX value.
 
+To convert a NUMBER into a COMPLEX value, use:
+
+	COMPLEX *c;
+	NUMBER *q;
+
+	c = q_to_c(q);
+
 There are three predefined values for complex numbers.	You should clink
 them when you want to use them.	 They are _czero_, _cone_, and _conei_.
 These have the values 0, 1, and i.