diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7cb03c30c..240f8b47c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * Feature `cookies` is now optional and enabled by default. [#1981]
 * `JsonBody::new` returns a default limit of 32kB to be consistent with `JsonConfig` and the
   default behaviour of the `web::Json<T>` extractor. [#2010] 
+* `web::Query` has a public inner field again [#2016]
 
 [#1981]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/1981
 [#2010]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2010
diff --git a/src/types/query.rs b/src/types/query.rs
index 691a4792b..79af32581 100644
--- a/src/types/query.rs
+++ b/src/types/query.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use crate::{dev::Payload, error::QueryPayloadError, Error, FromRequest, HttpRequ
 ///    Code
 /// }
 ///
-/// #[derive(Deserialize)]
+/// #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 /// pub struct AuthRequest {
 ///    id: u64,
 ///    response_type: ResponseType,
@@ -42,9 +42,23 @@ use crate::{dev::Payload, error::QueryPayloadError, Error, FromRequest, HttpRequ
 /// async fn index(info: web::Query<AuthRequest>) -> String {
 ///     format!("Authorization request for id={} and type={:?}!", info.id, info.response_type)
 /// }
+///
+/// // To access the entire underlying query struct, use `.into_inner()`.
+/// #[get("/debug1")]
+/// async fn debug1(info: web::Query<AuthRequest>) -> String {
+///     dbg!("Authorization object={:?}", info.into_inner());
+///     "OK".to_string()
+/// }
+///
+/// // Or use `.0`, which is equivalent to `.into_inner()`.
+/// #[get("/debug2")]
+/// async fn debug2(info: web::Query<AuthRequest>) -> String {
+///     dbg!("Authorization object={:?}", info.0);
+///     "OK".to_string()
+/// }
 /// ```
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
-pub struct Query<T>(T);
+pub struct Query<T>(pub T);
 
 impl<T> Query<T> {
     /// Unwrap into inner `T` value.