diff --git a/api/capi.cpp b/api/capi.cpp
index d4fedf988a..99605d271e 100644
--- a/api/capi.cpp
+++ b/api/capi.cpp
@@ -724,8 +724,9 @@ TESS_API const TessPageIterator* TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorGetPageIteratorCons
 
 TESS_API const TessChoiceIterator* TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorGetChoiceIterator(const TessResultIterator* handle)
 {
-	return new TessChoiceIterator(*handle);
+    return new TessChoiceIterator(*handle);
 }
+
 TESS_API BOOL  TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorNext(TessResultIterator* handle, TessPageIteratorLevel level)
 {
     return handle->Next(level);
@@ -788,17 +789,22 @@ TESS_API BOOL TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorSymbolIsDropcap(const TessResultIterat
     return handle->SymbolIsDropcap() ? TRUE : FALSE;
 }
 
+TESS_API void TESS_CALL TessChoiceIteratorDelete(TessChoiceIterator* handle)
+{
+    delete handle;
+}
+
 TESS_API BOOL  TESS_CALL TessChoiceIteratorNext(TessChoiceIterator* handle)
 {
-	return handle->Next();
+    return handle->Next();
 }
 
 TESS_API const char* TESS_CALL TessChoiceIteratorGetUTF8Text(const TessChoiceIterator* handle)
 {
-	return handle->GetUTF8Text();
+    return handle->GetUTF8Text();
 }
 
 TESS_API float TESS_CALL TessChoiceIteratorConfidence(const TessChoiceIterator* handle)
 {
-	return handle->Confidence();
+    return handle->Confidence();
 }
diff --git a/api/capi.h b/api/capi.h
index d731bd6f40..1cc8b6b716 100644
--- a/api/capi.h
+++ b/api/capi.h
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ TESS_API BOOL  TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorSymbolIsSuperscript(const TessResultI
 TESS_API BOOL  TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorSymbolIsSubscript(const TessResultIterator* handle);
 TESS_API BOOL  TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorSymbolIsDropcap(const TessResultIterator* handle);
 
+TESS_API void  TESS_CALL TessChoiceIteratorDelete(TessChoiceIterator* handle);
 TESS_API BOOL  TESS_CALL TessChoiceIteratorNext(TessChoiceIterator* handle);
 TESS_API const char* TESS_CALL TessChoiceIteratorGetUTF8Text(const TessChoiceIterator* handle);
 TESS_API float TESS_CALL TessChoiceIteratorConfidence(const TessChoiceIterator* handle);