diff --git a/responses.go b/responses.go
index ec88ed9..effb609 100644
--- a/responses.go
+++ b/responses.go
@@ -30,19 +30,6 @@ type RespPublicRooms struct {
 	Chunk                  []PublicRoom `json:"chunk"`
 }
 
-// PublicRooms is a part of RespPublicRooms representing the disclosed information regarding a public room
-type PublicRoom struct {
-	CanonicalAlias   string   `json:"canonical_alias"`
-	Name             string   `json:"name"`
-	WorldReadable    bool     `json:"world_readable"`
-	Topic            string   `json:"topic"`
-	NumJoinedMembers int      `json:"num_joined_members"`
-	AvatarURL        string   `json:"avatar_url"`
-	RoomID           string   `json:"room_id"`
-	GuestCanJoin     bool     `json:"guest_can_join"`
-	Aliases          []string `json:"aliases"`
-}
-
 // RespJoinRoom is the JSON response for http://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.2.0.html#post-matrix-client-r0-rooms-roomid-join
 type RespJoinRoom struct {
 	RoomID string `json:"room_id"`
diff --git a/room.go b/room.go
index c9b2351..d1d2286 100644
--- a/room.go
+++ b/room.go
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ type Room struct {
 	State map[string]map[string]*Event
 }
 
+// PublicRoom represents the information about a public room obtainable from the room directory
+type PublicRoom struct {
+	CanonicalAlias   string   `json:"canonical_alias"`
+	Name             string   `json:"name"`
+	WorldReadable    bool     `json:"world_readable"`
+	Topic            string   `json:"topic"`
+	NumJoinedMembers int      `json:"num_joined_members"`
+	AvatarURL        string   `json:"avatar_url"`
+	RoomID           string   `json:"room_id"`
+	GuestCanJoin     bool     `json:"guest_can_join"`
+	Aliases          []string `json:"aliases"`
+}
+
 // UpdateState updates the room's current state with the given Event. This will clobber events based
 // on the type/state_key combination.
 func (room Room) UpdateState(event *Event) {