diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9789447..ad03ebe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+# v1.2.0
+
+- Add `Mnemonic::parse_in_normalized_without_checksum_check`
+- Make public `Mnemonic::normalize_utf8_cow`
+
 # v1.1.0
 
 - Add zerioze support through a feature (MSRV 1.51)
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5367452..0d8193e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bip39"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 authors = ["Steven Roose <steven@stevenroose.org>"]
 license = "CC0-1.0"
 homepage = "https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bip39/"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5a8fa1d..35419c2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ impl Mnemonic {
 	/// can be avoided for languages without special UTF8 characters.
 	#[inline]
 	#[cfg(feature = "std")]
-	fn normalize_utf8_cow<'a>(cow: &mut Cow<'a, str>) {
+	pub fn normalize_utf8_cow<'a>(cow: &mut Cow<'a, str>) {
 		let is_nfkd = unicode_normalization::is_nfkd_quick(cow.as_ref().chars());
 		if is_nfkd != unicode_normalization::IsNormalized::Yes {
 			*cow = Cow::Owned(cow.as_ref().nfkd().to_string());
@@ -435,7 +435,14 @@ impl Mnemonic {
 	}
 
 	/// Parse a mnemonic in normalized UTF8 in the given language without checksum check.
-	pub fn parse_without_checksum_check(language: Language, s: &str) -> Result<Mnemonic, Error> {
+	///
+	/// It is advised to use this method together with the utility methods
+	/// - [Mnemonic::normalize_utf8_cow]
+	/// - [Mnemonic::language_of]
+	pub fn parse_in_normalized_without_checksum_check(
+		language: Language,
+		s: &str,
+	) -> Result<Mnemonic, Error> {
 		let nb_words = s.split_whitespace().count();
 		if is_invalid_word_count(nb_words) {
 			return Err(Error::BadWordCount(nb_words));