diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 8896ae84f5b2f..df5429de7bd91 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -29005,7 +29005,6 @@ package android.widget {
     method public int describeContents();
     method public int getLayoutId();
     method public java.lang.String getPackage();
-    method public void mergeRemoteViews(android.widget.RemoteViews);
     method public boolean onLoadClass(java.lang.Class);
     method public void reapply(android.content.Context, android.view.View);
     method public void removeAllViews(int);
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/RemoteViews.java b/core/java/android/widget/RemoteViews.java
index 87ef23f8db6e5..1a47ce2fa24b4 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/RemoteViews.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/RemoteViews.java
@@ -222,6 +222,14 @@ public class RemoteViews implements Parcelable, Filter {
         int viewId;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Merges the passed RemoteViews actions with this RemoteViews actions according to
+     * action-specific merge rules.
+     * 
+     * @param newRv
+     * 
+     * @hide
+     */
     public void mergeRemoteViews(RemoteViews newRv) {
         // We first copy the new RemoteViews, as the process of merging modifies the way the actions
         // reference the bitmap cache. We don't want to modify the object as it may need to