diff --git a/guide/src/reference/weak-references.md b/guide/src/reference/weak-references.md
index c8a48eca9ee..ab557191349 100644
--- a/guide/src/reference/weak-references.md
+++ b/guide/src/reference/weak-references.md
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ in Rust, for example:
   allocated.
 * Rust closures converted to JS values (the `Closure` type) may not be executed
   and cleaned up.
-* Rust closures have a `Closure::forget` method which explicitly doesn't free
-  the underlying memory.
+* Rust closures have `Closure::{into_js_value,forget}` methods which explicitly
+  do not free the underlying memory.
 
 These issues are all solved with the weak references proposal in JS. The
 `--weak-refs` flag to the `wasm-bindgen` CLI will enable usage of
diff --git a/src/closure.rs b/src/closure.rs
index c8b81431b70..04f688163b6 100644
--- a/src/closure.rs
+++ b/src/closure.rs
@@ -374,11 +374,16 @@ where
     /// JS closure is GC'd. Weak references are not enabled by default since
     /// they're still a proposal for the JS standard. They can be enabled with
     /// `WASM_BINDGEN_WEAKREF=1` when running `wasm-bindgen`, however.
-    pub fn forget(self) -> JsValue {
+    pub fn into_js_value(self) -> JsValue {
         let idx = self.js.idx;
         mem::forget(self);
         JsValue::_new(idx)
     }
+
+    /// Same as `into_js_value`, but doesn't return a value.
+    pub fn forget(self) {
+        drop(self.into_js_value());
+    }
 }
 
 // NB: we use a specific `T` for this `Closure<T>` impl block to avoid every