diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d21278..57b400c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+This release focuses on improving the internal message data types and their usage.
+
 ### Added
 
 - `Message` enum variants for *System Common* and *System Realtime* messages.
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Derive `Debug`, `Clone`, `Eq`, and `PartialEq` for `U4`.
 - Derive `Debug`, `Clone`, `Eq`, and `PartialEq` for `InvalidU4`.
 - Derive `Debug`, `Clone`, `Eq`, and `PartialEq` for `InvalidU7`.
+- Re-exports of common data types in the `message` module.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/message/mod.rs b/src/message/mod.rs
index e8335f7..dba28fc 100644
--- a/src/message/mod.rs
+++ b/src/message/mod.rs
@@ -6,24 +6,22 @@ pub mod data;
 pub mod notes;
 pub mod raw;
 
-use crate::message::channel::Channel;
-use crate::message::control_function::ControlFunction;
-use crate::message::data::u14::U14;
-use crate::message::data::u7::U7;
-use crate::message::data::FromClamped;
-use crate::message::notes::Note;
+pub use crate::message::channel::Channel;
+pub use crate::message::control_function::ControlFunction;
+pub use crate::message::data::u14::U14;
+pub use crate::message::data::u7::U7;
+pub use crate::message::data::{FromClamped, FromOverFlow};
+pub use crate::message::notes::Note;
+
 use crate::message::raw::{Payload, Raw};
 use crate::packet::cable_number::CableNumber;
 use crate::packet::code_index_number::CodeIndexNumber;
 use crate::packet::{UsbMidiEventPacket, UsbMidiEventPacketError};
 
-type Velocity = U7;
+/// Note velocity value.
+pub type Velocity = U7;
 
-/// Represents midi messages.
-///
-/// Note: not current exhaustive and SysEx messages end up
-/// being a confusing case. So are currently note implemented
-/// they are sort-of unbounded
+/// Represents the MIDI messages.
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Clone)]
 pub enum Message {
     /// Note On message.