diff --git a/ml-kem/src/decapsulation_key.rs b/ml-kem/src/decapsulation_key.rs
index aa17487..30571a3 100644
--- a/ml-kem/src/decapsulation_key.rs
+++ b/ml-kem/src/decapsulation_key.rs
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ where
     type KeySize = U64;
 }
 
+/// Initialize [`DecapsulationKey`] from a 64-byte uniformly random [`Seed`] value.
 impl<P> KeyInit for DecapsulationKey<P>
 where
     P: KemParams,
@@ -196,6 +197,20 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Serialize the 64-byte [`Seed`] value used to initialize this [`DecapsulationKey`].
+///
+/// # Panics
+/// If this [`DecapsulationKey`] was initialized using legacy expanded key support
+/// (see [`ExpandedKeyEncoding`]).
+impl<P> KeyExport for DecapsulationKey<P>
+where
+    P: KemParams,
+{
+    fn to_bytes(&self) -> Seed {
+        self.to_seed().expect("should be initialized from a seed")
+    }
+}
+
 /// DEPRECATED: support for encoding and decoding [`DecapsulationKey`]s in the legacy expanded form,
 /// as opposed to the more widely adopted [`Seed`] form.
 ///