diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index d1b77f2c10960..11d7bac594e5d 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -15953,7 +15953,6 @@ package android.graphics.text {
   public class MeasuredText {
     method public void getBounds(@IntRange(from=0) int, @IntRange(from=0) int, @NonNull android.graphics.Rect);
     method @FloatRange(from=0.0f) @Px public float getCharWidthAt(@IntRange(from=0) int);
-    method @NonNull public char[] getChars();
     method @FloatRange(from=0.0) @Px public float getWidth(@IntRange(from=0) int, @IntRange(from=0) int);
   }
 
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/text/MeasuredText.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/text/MeasuredText.java
index 66bcd8650b95b..9db7533044e2f 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/text/MeasuredText.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/text/MeasuredText.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public class MeasuredText {
 
     /**
      * Returns the characters in the paragraph used to compute this MeasuredText instance.
+     * @hide
      */
     public @NonNull char[] getChars() {
         return mChars;