diff --git a/docs/api/ref/DesktopAgent.md b/docs/api/ref/DesktopAgent.md
index d9c637a2b..1e86be59b 100644
--- a/docs/api/ref/DesktopAgent.md
+++ b/docs/api/ref/DesktopAgent.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ interface DesktopAgent {
   getOrCreateChannel(channelId: string): Promise<Channel>;
   getSystemChannels(): Promise<Array<Channel>>;
   joinChannel(channelId: string) : Promise<void>;
-  getCurrentChannel() : Promise<void>;
+  getCurrentChannel() : Promise<Channel>;
   leaveCurrentChannel() : Promise<void>;
 }
 ```
diff --git a/src/api/DesktopAgent.ts b/src/api/DesktopAgent.ts
index ff2689721..1f9c6efc0 100644
--- a/src/api/DesktopAgent.ts
+++ b/src/api/DesktopAgent.ts
@@ -147,4 +147,11 @@ interface DesktopAgent {
      * `Error` with a string from the `ChannelError` enumeration.
      */
     getOrCreateChannel(channelId: string): Promise<Channel>;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the `Channel` object for the current channel membership.  
+     * 
+     * Returns `null` if the app is not joined to a channel. 
+     */
+    getCurrentChannel() : Promise<Channel>;
   }
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diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-1.1/api/ref/DesktopAgent.md b/website/versioned_docs/version-1.1/api/ref/DesktopAgent.md
index d82f0747f..79a57fd7d 100644
--- a/website/versioned_docs/version-1.1/api/ref/DesktopAgent.md
+++ b/website/versioned_docs/version-1.1/api/ref/DesktopAgent.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ interface DesktopAgent {
   getOrCreateChannel(channelId: string): Promise<Channel>;
   getSystemChannels(): Promise<Array<Channel>>;
   joinChannel(channelId: string) : Promise<void>;
-  getCurrentChannel() : Promise<void>;
+  getCurrentChannel() : Promise<Channel>;
   leaveCurrentChannel() : Promise<void>;
 }
 ```