diff --git a/gpg-interface.c b/gpg-interface.c
index 3c9624c43..0dd11eadb 100644
--- a/gpg-interface.c
+++ b/gpg-interface.c
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 static char *configured_signing_key;
 static const char *gpg_program = "gpg";
 
+#define PGP_SIGNATURE "-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----"
+#define PGP_MESSAGE "-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----"
+
 void signature_check_clear(struct signature_check *sigc)
 {
 	free(sigc->payload);
@@ -57,6 +60,24 @@ void parse_gpg_output(struct signature_check *sigc)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Look at GPG signed content (e.g. a signed tag object), whose
+ * payload is followed by a detached signature on it.  Return the
+ * offset where the embedded detached signature begins, or the end of
+ * the data when there is no such signature.
+ */
+size_t parse_signature(const char *buf, unsigned long size)
+{
+	char *eol;
+	size_t len = 0;
+	while (len < size && !starts_with(buf + len, PGP_SIGNATURE) &&
+			!starts_with(buf + len, PGP_MESSAGE)) {
+		eol = memchr(buf + len, '\n', size - len);
+		len += eol ? eol - (buf + len) + 1 : size - len;
+	}
+	return len;
+}
+
 void set_signing_key(const char *key)
 {
 	free(configured_signing_key);
diff --git a/gpg-interface.h b/gpg-interface.h
index 82493b780..87a4f2e3f 100644
--- a/gpg-interface.h
+++ b/gpg-interface.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct signature_check {
 };
 
 extern void signature_check_clear(struct signature_check *sigc);
+extern size_t parse_signature(const char *buf, unsigned long size);
 extern void parse_gpg_output(struct signature_check *);
 extern int sign_buffer(struct strbuf *buffer, struct strbuf *signature, const char *signing_key);
 extern int verify_signed_buffer(const char *payload, size_t payload_size, const char *signature, size_t signature_size, struct strbuf *gpg_output, struct strbuf *gpg_status);
diff --git a/tag.c b/tag.c
index 82d841bf2..5b0ac62ed 100644
--- a/tag.c
+++ b/tag.c
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 
-#define PGP_SIGNATURE "-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----"
-#define PGP_MESSAGE "-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----"
-
 const char *tag_type = "tag";
 
 struct object *deref_tag(struct object *o, const char *warn, int warnlen)
@@ -143,20 +140,3 @@ int parse_tag(struct tag *item)
 	free(data);
 	return ret;
 }
-
-/*
- * Look at a signed tag object, and return the offset where
- * the embedded detached signature begins, or the end of the
- * data when there is no such signature.
- */
-size_t parse_signature(const char *buf, unsigned long size)
-{
-	char *eol;
-	size_t len = 0;
-	while (len < size && !starts_with(buf + len, PGP_SIGNATURE) &&
-			!starts_with(buf + len, PGP_MESSAGE)) {
-		eol = memchr(buf + len, '\n', size - len);
-		len += eol ? eol - (buf + len) + 1 : size - len;
-	}
-	return len;
-}
diff --git a/tag.h b/tag.h
index bc8a1e40f..f4580aea4 100644
--- a/tag.h
+++ b/tag.h
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@ extern int parse_tag_buffer(struct tag *item, const void *data, unsigned long si
 extern int parse_tag(struct tag *item);
 extern struct object *deref_tag(struct object *, const char *, int);
 extern struct object *deref_tag_noverify(struct object *);
-extern size_t parse_signature(const char *buf, unsigned long size);
 
 #endif /* TAG_H */