diff --git a/pgpainless-core/src/main/kotlin/org/pgpainless/PGPainless.kt b/pgpainless-core/src/main/kotlin/org/pgpainless/PGPainless.kt
index fc3b182b..190d926e 100644
--- a/pgpainless-core/src/main/kotlin/org/pgpainless/PGPainless.kt
+++ b/pgpainless-core/src/main/kotlin/org/pgpainless/PGPainless.kt
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ class PGPainless(
                 implementation, version.numeric, version == OpenPGPKeyVersion.v6, creationTime)
             .setAlgorithmSuite(algorithmPolicy.keyGenerationAlgorithmSuite)
 
+    /**
+     * Inspect an [OpenPGPKey] or [OpenPGPCertificate], gaining convenient access to its properties.
+     *
+     * @param keyOrCertificate [OpenPGPKey] or [OpenPGPCertificate]
+     * @param referenceTime reference time for evaluation
+     * @return [KeyRingInfo] wrapper
+     */
+    fun inspect(keyOrCertificate: OpenPGPCertificate, referenceTime: Date = Date()): KeyRingInfo =
+        KeyRingInfo(keyOrCertificate, this, referenceTime)
+
     fun readKey(): OpenPGPKeyReader = api.readKeyOrCertificate()
 
     fun toKey(secretKeyRing: PGPSecretKeyRing): OpenPGPKey =
@@ -118,6 +128,7 @@ class PGPainless(
          */
         @JvmStatic
         @JvmOverloads
+        @Deprecated("Call buildKey() on an instance of PGPainless instead.")
         fun buildKeyRing(
             version: OpenPGPKeyVersion = OpenPGPKeyVersion.v4,
             api: PGPainless = getInstance()
@@ -128,8 +139,8 @@ class PGPainless(
          *
          * @return builder
          */
-        @Deprecated("Use readKey() instead.", replaceWith = ReplaceWith("readKey()"))
         @JvmStatic
+        @Deprecated("Use readKey() instead.", replaceWith = ReplaceWith("readKey()"))
         fun readKeyRing(): KeyRingReader = KeyRingReader()
 
         /**
@@ -250,11 +261,17 @@ class PGPainless(
          */
         @JvmStatic
         @JvmOverloads
+        @Deprecated(
+            "Use inspect(key) on an instance of PGPainless instead.",
+            replaceWith = ReplaceWith("inspect(key)"))
         fun inspectKeyRing(key: PGPKeyRing, referenceTime: Date = Date()): KeyRingInfo =
             KeyRingInfo(key, referenceTime)
 
         @JvmStatic
         @JvmOverloads
+        @Deprecated(
+            "Use inspect(key) on an instance of PGPainless instead.",
+            replaceWith = ReplaceWith("inspect(key)"))
         fun inspectKeyRing(key: OpenPGPCertificate, referenceTime: Date = Date()): KeyRingInfo =
             KeyRingInfo(key, getInstance(), referenceTime)
 
diff --git a/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/key/parsing/KeyRingReaderTest.java b/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/key/parsing/KeyRingReaderTest.java
index 9bda5137..7bfffe92 100644
--- a/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/key/parsing/KeyRingReaderTest.java
+++ b/pgpainless-core/src/test/java/org/pgpainless/key/parsing/KeyRingReaderTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.ArmoredOutputStream;
 import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.BCPGOutputStream;
 import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.MarkerPacket;
+import org.bouncycastle.bcpg.PacketFormat;
 import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPException;
 import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPKeyRing;
 import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPPublicKeyRing;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPSecretKeyRingCollection;
 import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPSignature;
 import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPUtil;
 import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.api.OpenPGPImplementation;
+import org.bouncycastle.openpgp.api.OpenPGPKey;
 import org.bouncycastle.util.io.Streams;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.opentest4j.TestAbortedException;
@@ -614,9 +616,10 @@ class KeyRingReaderTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testReadKeyRingWithArmoredSecretKey() throws IOException {
-        PGPSecretKeyRing secretKeys = PGPainless.generateKeyRing().modernKeyRing("Alice <alice@pgpainless.org>")
-                .getPGPSecretKeyRing();
-        String armored = PGPainless.asciiArmor(secretKeys);
+        PGPainless api = PGPainless.getInstance();
+        OpenPGPKey secretKeys = api.generateKey().modernKeyRing("Alice <alice@pgpainless.org>");
+        // remove PacketFormat argument once https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/pull/1993 lands in BC
+        String armored = secretKeys.toAsciiArmoredString(PacketFormat.LEGACY);
 
         PGPKeyRing keyRing = PGPainless.readKeyRing()
                 .keyRing(armored);