diff --git a/docs/src/lib/methods.md b/docs/src/lib/methods.md
index 943a1e3..5b28e4d 100644
--- a/docs/src/lib/methods.md
+++ b/docs/src/lib/methods.md
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ in_transitions
 out_transitions
 ```
 
-### Guards
+### Guards and Assignments
 
 ```@docs
 guard
+assignment
 ```
diff --git a/src/HybridSystems.jl b/src/HybridSystems.jl
index 0d29999..ba2b89c 100644
--- a/src/HybridSystems.jl
+++ b/src/HybridSystems.jl
@@ -93,12 +93,19 @@ Returns the set of allowed states of the system at mode `u`.
 """
 MathematicalSystems.stateset(hs::HybridSystem, u::Int) = stateset(hs.modes[u])
 
+"""
+    assignment(hs::HybridSystem, t)
+
+Returns the assignment for the transition `t`.
+"""
+assignment(hs::HybridSystem, t) = hs.resetmaps[symbol(hs, t)]
+
 """
     guard(hs::HybridSystem, t)
 
 Returns the guard for the transition `t`.
 """
-guard(hs::HybridSystem, t) = stateset(hs.resetmaps[symbol(hs, t)])
+guard(hs::HybridSystem, t) = stateset(assignment(hs, t))
 
 # for completeness, extend the stateset function from MathematicalSystems
 # because guards are given as the state constraints of the reset map