diff --git a/api/current.xml b/api/current.xml
index f972332bb4669..62a06cef62a9c 100644
--- a/api/current.xml
+++ b/api/current.xml
@@ -27420,29 +27420,6 @@
 <parameter name="orderBy" type="java.lang.String">
 </parameter>
 </method>
-<method name="startQueryEntities"
- return="void"
- abstract="false"
- native="false"
- synchronized="false"
- static="false"
- final="false"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-<parameter name="token" type="int">
-</parameter>
-<parameter name="cookie" type="java.lang.Object">
-</parameter>
-<parameter name="uri" type="android.net.Uri">
-</parameter>
-<parameter name="selection" type="java.lang.String">
-</parameter>
-<parameter name="selectionArgs" type="java.lang.String[]">
-</parameter>
-<parameter name="orderBy" type="java.lang.String">
-</parameter>
-</method>
 <method name="startUpdate"
  return="void"
  abstract="false"
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/AsyncQueryHandler.java b/core/java/android/content/AsyncQueryHandler.java
index aa8b42a593636..0a4a804a52dc8 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/AsyncQueryHandler.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/AsyncQueryHandler.java
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ public abstract class AsyncQueryHandler extends Handler {
      * @param orderBy How to order the rows, formatted as an SQL ORDER BY clause
      *            (excluding the ORDER BY itself). Passing null will use the
      *            default sort order, which may be unordered.
+     * @hide
      */
     public void startQueryEntities(int token, Object cookie, Uri uri, String selection,
             String[] selectionArgs, String orderBy) {