diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e12ce250fd..45c52c184b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ git-annex (8.20201104) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Warn when adding a annex symlink or pointer file that uses a key that
     is not known to the repository, to prevent confusion if the user has
     copied it from some other repository.
+  * examinekey: Added two new format variables: objectpath and objectpointer
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 09 Nov 2020 15:15:20 -0400
 
diff --git a/Command/ExamineKey.hs b/Command/ExamineKey.hs
index 2618e8b2ea..5bca023b7d 100644
--- a/Command/ExamineKey.hs
+++ b/Command/ExamineKey.hs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module Command.ExamineKey where
 import Command
 import qualified Utility.Format
 import Command.Find (parseFormatOption, showFormatted, keyVars)
+import Annex.Link
 
 cmd :: Command
 cmd = noCommit $ noMessages $ dontCheck repoExists $ 
@@ -22,5 +23,10 @@ cmd = noCommit $ noMessages $ dontCheck repoExists $
 run :: Maybe Utility.Format.Format -> SeekInput -> String -> Annex Bool
 run format _ p = do
 	let k = fromMaybe (giveup "bad key") $ deserializeKey p
-	showFormatted format (serializeKey' k) (keyVars k)
+	objectpath <- calcRepo $ gitAnnexLocation k
+	let objectpointer = formatPointer k
+	showFormatted format (serializeKey' k) $
+		[ ("objectpath", fromRawFilePath objectpath)
+		, ("objectpointer", fromRawFilePath objectpointer)
+		] ++ keyVars k
 	return True
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-examinekey.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-examinekey.mdwn
index c66225ac2d..37f587af74 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-examinekey.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-examinekey.mdwn
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ that can be determined purely by looking at the key.
   use '${var;width}' ; to left-justify a variable, use '${var;-width}';
   to escape unusual characters in a variable, use '${escaped_var}'
 
-  These variables are available for use in formats: key, backend,
-  bytesize, humansize, keyname, hashdirlower, hashdirmixed, mtime (for
-  the mtime field of a WORM key).
+  To generate a path from the top of the repository to the git-annex
+  object for a key, use ${objectpath}. To generate the value of a
+  git-annex pointer file for a key, use ${objectpointer}.
+
+  These variables are also available for use in formats: ${key}, ${backend},
+  ${bytesize}, ${humansize}, ${keyname}, ${hashdirlower}, ${hashdirmixed},
+  ${mtime} (for the mtime field of a WORM key).
 
   Also, '\\n' is a newline, '\\000' is a NULL, etc.
 
@@ -43,12 +47,6 @@ that can be determined purely by looking at the key.
   Enable batch mode, in which a line containing a key is read from stdin,
   the information about it is output to stdout, and repeat.
 
-# EXAMPLES
-
-The location where the content of a key is stored can be looked up by running:
-
-	git annex examinekey $KEY --format='.git/annex/objects/${hashdirmixed}${key}/${key}'
-
 # SEE ALSO
 
 [[git-annex]](1)
diff --git a/doc/todo/calckey___91__--path__93___given_a_checksum_and_filename__63__/comment_3_4520660c0f66bd73158887f22586886e._comment b/doc/todo/calckey___91__--path__93___given_a_checksum_and_filename__63__/comment_3_4520660c0f66bd73158887f22586886e._comment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..728d3e3f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/todo/calckey___91__--path__93___given_a_checksum_and_filename__63__/comment_3_4520660c0f66bd73158887f22586886e._comment
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 3"""
+ date="2020-11-12T16:59:34Z"
+ content="""
+Implemented examinekey ${objectpath} and ${objectpointer}.
+"""]]