diff --git a/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/include/hdf5/lite/Info.h b/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/include/hdf5/lite/Info.h
index c910d528b..d21b7558d 100644
--- a/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/include/hdf5/lite/Info.h
+++ b/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/include/hdf5/lite/Info.h
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ struct FileInfo final : public GroupInfo
 
 
 CODA_OSS_API FileInfo fileInfo(coda_oss::filesystem::path);
-CODA_OSS_API FileInfo fileInfo(coda_oss::filesystem::path, std::string loc);
-
+CODA_OSS_API GroupInfo groupInfo(coda_oss::filesystem::path, std::string loc);
 CODA_OSS_API DatasetInfo datasetInfo(coda_oss::filesystem::path, std::string loc);
 
 }
diff --git a/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/source/Info.cpp b/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/source/Info.cpp
index dde36c1ce..6c9fc7856 100644
--- a/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/source/Info.cpp
+++ b/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/source/Info.cpp
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ static std::vector<hdf5::lite::DatatypeInfo> getDatatypes(H5::Group& group)
  }
 
 // https://docs.hdfgroup.org/archive/support/HDF5/doc1.8/cpplus_RM/readdata_8cpp-example.html
-static hdf5::lite::FileInfo fileInfo_(coda_oss::filesystem::path filename, std::string loc)
+static hdf5::lite::GroupInfo groupInfo_(coda_oss::filesystem::path filename, std::string loc)
 {
-    hdf5::lite::FileInfo retval;
+    hdf5::lite::GroupInfo retval;
     retval.filename = filename.string();
     retval.name = loc;
 
@@ -144,13 +144,16 @@ static hdf5::lite::FileInfo fileInfo_(coda_oss::filesystem::path filename, std::
 
     return retval;
 }
-hdf5::lite::FileInfo hdf5::lite::fileInfo(coda_oss::filesystem::path filename, std::string loc)
+hdf5::lite::GroupInfo hdf5::lite::groupInfo(coda_oss::filesystem::path filename, std::string loc)
 {
-    return details::try_catch_H5Exceptions(fileInfo_, filename, loc);
+    return details::try_catch_H5Exceptions(groupInfo_, filename, loc);
 }
 hdf5::lite::FileInfo hdf5::lite::fileInfo(coda_oss::filesystem::path filename)
 {
-    return fileInfo(filename, "/" /*loc*/);
+    hdf5::lite::FileInfo retval;
+    hdf5::lite::GroupInfo& retval_ = retval;
+    retval_= groupInfo(filename, "/" /*loc*/);
+    return retval;
 }
 
 static hdf5::lite::Class H5T_class_to_Class(H5T_class_t type_class)
diff --git a/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/unittests/test_hdf5info.cpp b/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/unittests/test_hdf5info.cpp
index 7c7277a3e..dd4fe0fed 100644
--- a/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/unittests/test_hdf5info.cpp
+++ b/modules/c++/hdf5.lite/unittests/test_hdf5info.cpp
@@ -34,20 +34,6 @@ static std::filesystem::path find_unittest_file(const std::filesystem::path& nam
     static const auto unittests = std::filesystem::path("modules") / "c++" / "hdf5.lite" / "unittests";
     return sys::test::findGITModuleFile("coda-oss", unittests, name);
 }
-
-TEST_CASE(test_hdf5Info)
-{
-    static const auto path = find_unittest_file("example.h5");
-
-    // https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/h5info.html
-    const auto info = hdf5::lite::fileInfo(path);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(path.string(), info.filename);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQ("/", info.name);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(info.groups.size(), 4);
-    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(info.datasets.empty());
-    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(info.datatypes.empty());
-}
-
 TEST_CASE(test_hdf5Info_IOException)
 {
     static const std::filesystem::path path = "does not exist . h5";
@@ -63,12 +49,26 @@ TEST_CASE(test_hdf5Info_IOException)
     }
 }
 
-TEST_CASE(test_hdf5Info_loc)
+
+TEST_CASE(test_hdf5FileInfo)
+{
+    static const auto path = find_unittest_file("example.h5");
+
+    // https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/h5info.html
+    const auto info = hdf5::lite::fileInfo(path);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(path.string(), info.filename);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ("/", info.name);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(info.groups.size(), 4);
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(info.datasets.empty());
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(info.datatypes.empty());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE(test_hdf5GroupInfo)
 {
     static const auto path = find_unittest_file("example.h5");
 
     // https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/h5info.html
-    const auto info = hdf5::lite::fileInfo(path, "/g4");
+    const auto info = hdf5::lite::groupInfo(path, "/g4");
 
     TEST_ASSERT_EQ(path.string(), info.filename);
     TEST_ASSERT_EQ("/g4", info.name);
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ TEST_CASE(test_hdf5DatasetInfo)
 }
 
 TEST_MAIN(
-    TEST_CHECK(test_hdf5Info);
     TEST_CHECK(test_hdf5Info_IOException);
 
-    TEST_CHECK(test_hdf5Info_loc);
+    TEST_CHECK(test_hdf5FileInfo);
+    TEST_CHECK(test_hdf5GroupInfo);
     TEST_CHECK(test_hdf5DatasetInfo);
 )