diff --git a/include/uv.h b/include/uv.h
index 8a2001b7..2eab59ce 100644
--- a/include/uv.h
+++ b/include/uv.h
@@ -2199,6 +2199,19 @@ UV_EXTERN int uv_cond_init(uv_cond_t* cond);
 UV_EXTERN void uv_cond_destroy(uv_cond_t* cond);
 UV_EXTERN void uv_cond_signal(uv_cond_t* cond);
 UV_EXTERN void uv_cond_broadcast(uv_cond_t* cond);
+
+/*
+ * Same goes for the barrier functions.  Note that uv_barrier_wait() returns
+ * a value > 0 to an arbitrarily chosen "serializer" thread to facilitate
+ * cleanup, i.e.:
+ *
+ *   if (uv_barrier_wait(&barrier) > 0)
+ *     uv_barrier_destroy(&barrier);
+ */
+UV_EXTERN int uv_barrier_init(uv_barrier_t* barrier, unsigned int count);
+UV_EXTERN void uv_barrier_destroy(uv_barrier_t* barrier);
+UV_EXTERN int uv_barrier_wait(uv_barrier_t* barrier);
+
 /* Waits on a condition variable without a timeout.
  *
  * Note:
@@ -2217,10 +2230,6 @@ UV_EXTERN void uv_cond_wait(uv_cond_t* cond, uv_mutex_t* mutex);
 UV_EXTERN int uv_cond_timedwait(uv_cond_t* cond, uv_mutex_t* mutex,
     uint64_t timeout);
 
-UV_EXTERN int uv_barrier_init(uv_barrier_t* barrier, unsigned int count);
-UV_EXTERN void uv_barrier_destroy(uv_barrier_t* barrier);
-UV_EXTERN int uv_barrier_wait(uv_barrier_t* barrier);
-
 /* Runs a function once and only once. Concurrent calls to uv_once() with the
  * same guard will block all callers except one (it's unspecified which one).
  * The guard should be initialized statically with the UV_ONCE_INIT macro.