diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19
index 50a0caafc9d..c6b711a69cd 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.19
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ used in Tiff files.
   the user a page named [[:]] already exists.
 
 === API changes in 1.19 ===
+* (bug 27790) add query type for querymodules to action=paraminfo
 
 === Languages updated in 1.19 ===
 
diff --git a/includes/api/ApiParamInfo.php b/includes/api/ApiParamInfo.php
index 1f8b383f66b..5d1b572cbaf 100644
--- a/includes/api/ApiParamInfo.php
+++ b/includes/api/ApiParamInfo.php
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class ApiParamInfo extends ApiBase {
 				$obj = new $qmodArr[$qm]( $this, $qm );
 				$a = $this->getClassInfo( $obj );
 				$a['name'] = $qm;
+				$a['querytype'] = $queryObj->getModuleType( $qm );
 				$r['querymodules'][] = $a;
 			}
 			$result->setIndexedTagName( $r['querymodules'], 'module' );