diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest.rs
index 13ecdc2e6..cf133332f 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest.rs
@@ -1223,6 +1223,8 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for DataFileFormat {
     }
 }
 
+pub use _serde::DataFile as SerializableDataFile;
+
 mod _serde {
     use std::collections::HashMap;
 
@@ -1299,9 +1301,10 @@ mod _serde {
         }
     }
 
+    /// DataFile representation that can used to be serialize.
     #[serde_as]
     #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
-    pub(super) struct DataFile {
+    pub struct DataFile {
         #[serde(default)]
         content: i32,
         file_path: String,
@@ -1325,6 +1328,7 @@ mod _serde {
     }
 
     impl DataFile {
+        /// Create a serializable data file from a DataFile
         pub fn try_from(
             value: super::DataFile,
             partition_type: &StructType,
@@ -1354,6 +1358,8 @@ mod _serde {
                 sort_order_id: value.sort_order_id,
             })
         }
+
+        /// Convert a serializable data file back to DataFile
         pub fn try_into(
             self,
             partition_type: &StructType,