diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index b672baab56a65..b9c747d1ba28a 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -32055,6 +32055,7 @@ package android.os {
     method public boolean isDemoUser();
     method public static boolean isHeadlessSystemUserMode();
     method public boolean isManagedProfile();
+    method public boolean isProfile();
     method public boolean isQuietModeEnabled(android.os.UserHandle);
     method public boolean isSystemUser();
     method public boolean isUserAGoat();
diff --git a/core/api/system-current.txt b/core/api/system-current.txt
index fd716f341540a..5bf9bb9f1b1eb 100644
--- a/core/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/core/api/system-current.txt
@@ -9674,7 +9674,6 @@ package android.os {
     method @RequiresPermission(anyOf={android.Manifest.permission.MANAGE_USERS, android.Manifest.permission.QUERY_USERS, android.Manifest.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS}, conditional=true) public boolean isManagedProfile(int);
     method @RequiresPermission(anyOf={android.Manifest.permission.MANAGE_USERS, android.Manifest.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS}, conditional=true) public boolean isMediaSharedWithParent();
     method @RequiresPermission(anyOf={android.Manifest.permission.MANAGE_USERS, android.Manifest.permission.CREATE_USERS, android.Manifest.permission.QUERY_USERS}) public boolean isPrimaryUser();
-    method public boolean isProfile();
     method public boolean isRestrictedProfile();
     method @RequiresPermission(anyOf={android.Manifest.permission.MANAGE_USERS, android.Manifest.permission.CREATE_USERS}, conditional=true) public boolean isRestrictedProfile(@NonNull android.os.UserHandle);
     method @RequiresPermission(anyOf={android.Manifest.permission.MANAGE_USERS, android.Manifest.permission.QUERY_USERS}) public boolean isSameProfileGroup(@NonNull android.os.UserHandle, @NonNull android.os.UserHandle);
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java b/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java
index 7b8d34b3b5704..7b4c7de1341b9 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/UserManager.java
@@ -2509,12 +2509,12 @@ public class UserManager {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks if the calling context user is running in a profile.
+     * Checks if the calling context user is running in a profile. A profile is a user that
+     * typically has its own separate data but shares its UI with some parent user. For example, a
+     * {@link #isManagedProfile() managed profile} is a type of profile.
      *
      * @return whether the caller is in a profile.
-     * @hide
      */
-    @SystemApi
     @UserHandleAware(
             requiresAnyOfPermissionsIfNotCallerProfileGroup = {
                     android.Manifest.permission.MANAGE_USERS,