diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 [Firebase Android SDK Changelog](https://firebase.google.com/support/release-notes/android)
 
 
+## 5.0.0 (work in progress)
+
+### New
+- [#547](https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/nativescript-plugin-firebase/issues/547) Add a 'getValue' function to mimic the Web API's 'once'
+
+
 ## 4.2.1 (2017, October 24)
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/docs/DATABASE.md b/docs/DATABASE.md
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--- a/docs/DATABASE.md
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@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ The plugin will take care of serializing JSON data to native data structures.
   );
 ```
 
+### getValue
+To just get a value at a certain path 'once', use this convenience method:
+
+```js
+  firebase.getValue('/companies').then(function(result) {
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
+  });
+```
+
 #### Adding an update timestamp
 If you want to have Firebase a timestamp to your data (instead of clients which likely are not synchronized),
 you can use the placeholder value `firebase.ServerValue.TIMESTAMP` (or `firebase["ServerValue"].TIMESTAMP` if your IDE complains about the former), so for instance: