diff --git a/testcontainers/compose.py b/testcontainers/compose.py
index b5961aa8..0284634c 100644
--- a/testcontainers/compose.py
+++ b/testcontainers/compose.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def get_service_port(self, service_name, port):
         str:
             The mapped port on the host
         """
-        return self._get_service_info(service_name, port)[1]
+        return self.get_service_info(service_name, port)[1]
 
     def get_service_host(self, service_name, port):
         """
@@ -204,9 +204,24 @@ def get_service_host(self, service_name, port):
         str:
             The hostname for the service
         """
-        return self._get_service_info(service_name, port)[0]
+        return self.get_service_info(service_name, port)[0]
 
-    def _get_service_info(self, service, port):
+    def get_service_info(self, service, port):
+        """
+        Returns the host and the port for one of the services.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        service: str
+            Name of the docker compose service
+        port: int
+            The internal port to get the host for
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        (str, str):
+            The hostname for the service, The port for the service
+        """
         port_cmd = self.docker_compose_command() + ["port", service, str(port)]
         output = subprocess.check_output(port_cmd, cwd=self.filepath).decode("utf-8")
         result = str(output).rstrip().split(":")
diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_docker_compose.py b/tests/test_core/test_docker_compose.py
index ce8ec02c..e93dcac7 100644
--- a/tests/test_core/test_docker_compose.py
+++ b/tests/test_core/test_docker_compose.py
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ def test_can_parse_multiple_compose_files():
         assert host == "0.0.0.0"
         assert port == "3306"
 
-        host = compose.get_service_host("hub", 4444)
-        port = compose.get_service_port("hub", 4444)
+        host, port = compose.get_service_info("hub", 4444)
         assert host == "0.0.0.0"
         assert port == "4444"