diff --git a/include/cppast/cpp_entity_kind.hpp b/include/cppast/cpp_entity_kind.hpp
index e5359d4..9033a61 100644
--- a/include/cppast/cpp_entity_kind.hpp
+++ b/include/cppast/cpp_entity_kind.hpp
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ namespace cppast
         count,
     };
 
+    /// \returns A human readable string describing the entity kind.
+    const char* to_string(cpp_entity_kind kind) noexcept;
+
     /// \returns Whether or not a given entity kind is a C++ type.
-    bool is_type(cpp_entity_kind type) noexcept;
+    bool is_type(cpp_entity_kind kind) noexcept;
 } // namespace cppast
 
 #endif // CPPAST_CPP_ENTITY_KIND_HPP_INCLUDED
diff --git a/src/cpp_entity_kind.cpp b/src/cpp_entity_kind.cpp
index 23e9bff..feed0e1 100644
--- a/src/cpp_entity_kind.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp_entity_kind.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,37 @@
 
 using namespace cppast;
 
-bool cppast::is_type(cpp_entity_kind type) noexcept
+const char* cppast::to_string(cpp_entity_kind kind) noexcept
 {
-    switch (type)
+    switch (kind)
+    {
+    case cpp_entity_kind::file_t:
+        return "file";
+
+    case cpp_entity_kind::namespace_t:
+        return "namespace";
+    case cpp_entity_kind::namespace_alias_t:
+        return "namespace alias";
+    case cpp_entity_kind::using_directive_t:
+        return "using directive";
+    case cpp_entity_kind::using_declaration_t:
+        return "using declaration";
+
+    case cpp_entity_kind::enum_t:
+        return "enum";
+    case cpp_entity_kind::enum_value_t:
+        return "enum value";
+
+    case cpp_entity_kind::count:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return "invalid";
+}
+
+bool cppast::is_type(cpp_entity_kind kind) noexcept
+{
+    switch (kind)
     {
     case cpp_entity_kind::enum_t:
         return true;