diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index ef40053d92e3f..70dd71677746d 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -4040,6 +4040,7 @@ package android.app.backup {
 
   public abstract class BackupAgent extends android.content.ContextWrapper {
     ctor public BackupAgent();
+    method public final void fullBackupFile(java.io.File, android.app.backup.FullBackupDataOutput);
     method public abstract void onBackup(android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor, android.app.backup.BackupDataOutput, android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor) throws java.io.IOException;
     method public void onCreate();
     method public void onDestroy();
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/backup/BackupAgent.java b/core/java/android/app/backup/BackupAgent.java
index 58ea0c34e4220..9542874902cac 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/backup/BackupAgent.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/backup/BackupAgent.java
@@ -255,10 +255,7 @@ public abstract class BackupAgent extends ContextWrapper {
      * will be delivered to the backup destination along with the metadata necessary
      * to place it with the proper location and permissions on the device where the
      * data is restored.
-     * @hide
      *
-     * @param context The BackupAgent that is calling this method.  It is an error to
-     *     call it from something other than a running BackupAgent instance.
      * @param file The file to be backed up.  The file must exist and be readable by
      *     the caller.
      * @param output The destination to which the backed-up file data will be sent.