diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 055dd0a60d..04102ed0c1 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ We have attempted to document known bugs and limitations - in particular the [HI
 
 Stay tuned - the work for many of these features is already in-flight.
 
+Next:
+- Deprecate hipDeviceGetProp, replace with hipGetDeviceProp
+- Deprecate hipMallocHost (Replace with hipHostAlloc with hipHostAllocDefault as last parameter).
+- Deprecate hipFreeHost (Replace with hipHostFree). 
+
 
 ## Revision History:
 
diff --git a/include/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h b/include/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
index 2421358661..d1d447256f 100644
--- a/include/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
+++ b/include/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ hipError_t hipMalloc(void** ptr, size_t size) ;
  *  @param[in] size Requested memory size
  *  @return Error code
  */
-hipError_t hipMallocHost(void** ptr, size_t size) ;
+hipError_t hipMallocHost(void** ptr, size_t size) __attribute__((deprecated("use hipHostAlloc instead"))) ;
 
 /**
  *  @brief Allocate device accessible page locked host memory 
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ hipError_t hipFree(void* ptr);
  *  @param[in] ptr Pointer to memory to be freed
  *  @return #hipSuccess, #hipErrorMemoryFree
  */
-hipError_t hipFreeHost(void* ptr);
+hipError_t hipFreeHost(void* ptr) __attribute__((deprecated("use hipHostFree instead")))  ;
 
 
 
diff --git a/include/hip_runtime_api.h b/include/hip_runtime_api.h
index 9e191e138a..9d6aa6d3ca 100644
--- a/include/hip_runtime_api.h
+++ b/include/hip_runtime_api.h
@@ -218,9 +218,10 @@ static inline hipError_t hipMalloc ( T** devPtr, size_t size)
     return hipMalloc((void**)devPtr, size);
 }
 
+// Provide an override to automatically typecast the pointer type from void**, and also provide a default for the flags.
 template<class T>
-static inline hipError_t hipMallocHost ( T** ptr, size_t size)
+static inline hipError_t hipHostAlloc( T** ptr, size_t size, unsigned int flags = hipHostAllocDefault)
 {
-    return hipMallocHost((void**)ptr, size);
+    return hipHostAlloc((void**)ptr, size, flags);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h b/include/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
index 3722c74c12..f0dee89808 100644
--- a/include/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
+++ b/include/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ inline static hipError_t hipFree(void* ptr) {
     return hipCUDAErrorTohipError(cudaFree(ptr));
 }
 
-inline static hipError_t hipMallocHost(void** ptr, size_t size) {
+inline static hipError_t hipMallocHost(void** ptr, size_t size) __attribute__((deprecated("use hipHostAlloc instead"))) {
     return hipCUDAErrorTohipError(cudaMallocHost(ptr, size));
 }
 
@@ -143,9 +143,14 @@ inline static hipError_t hipHostUnregister(void* ptr){
 	return hipCUDAErrorTohipError(cudaHostUnregister(ptr));
 }
 
-inline static hipError_t hipFreeHost(void* ptr) {
+inline static hipError_t hipFreeHost(void* ptr) __attribute__((deprecated("use hipHostFree instead")))  {
     return hipCUDAErrorTohipError(cudaFreeHost(ptr));
 }
+
+inline static hipError_t hipHostFree(void* ptr)  {
+    return hipCUDAErrorTohipError(cudaFreeHost(ptr));
+}
+
 inline static hipError_t hipSetDevice(int device) {
     return hipCUDAErrorTohipError(cudaSetDevice(device));
 }