diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index b1d70c0ab7a7d..5e7253d961500 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -26130,8 +26130,6 @@ package android.net.wifi.aware {
   public class DiscoverySession {
     method public java.lang.String createNetworkSpecifier(android.net.wifi.aware.PeerHandle, byte[]);
     method public void destroy();
-    method public static int getMaxSendRetryCount();
-    method public void sendMessage(android.net.wifi.aware.PeerHandle, int, byte[], int);
     method public void sendMessage(android.net.wifi.aware.PeerHandle, int, byte[]);
   }
 
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 924c79c9da180..ef91ab198636d 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -28715,8 +28715,6 @@ package android.net.wifi.aware {
   public class DiscoverySession {
     method public java.lang.String createNetworkSpecifier(android.net.wifi.aware.PeerHandle, byte[]);
     method public void destroy();
-    method public static int getMaxSendRetryCount();
-    method public void sendMessage(android.net.wifi.aware.PeerHandle, int, byte[], int);
     method public void sendMessage(android.net.wifi.aware.PeerHandle, int, byte[]);
   }
 
diff --git a/api/test-current.txt b/api/test-current.txt
index c8bd890e83b4e..e430e022c5ec3 100644
--- a/api/test-current.txt
+++ b/api/test-current.txt
@@ -26226,8 +26226,6 @@ package android.net.wifi.aware {
   public class DiscoverySession {
     method public java.lang.String createNetworkSpecifier(android.net.wifi.aware.PeerHandle, byte[]);
     method public void destroy();
-    method public static int getMaxSendRetryCount();
-    method public void sendMessage(android.net.wifi.aware.PeerHandle, int, byte[], int);
     method public void sendMessage(android.net.wifi.aware.PeerHandle, int, byte[]);
   }
 
diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/DiscoverySession.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/DiscoverySession.java
index adf189b64544d..57b98e984f17b 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/DiscoverySession.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/DiscoverySession.java
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
  * {@link PublishDiscoverySession} and {@link SubscribeDiscoverySession}. This
  * class provides functionality common to both publish and subscribe discovery sessions:
  * <ul>
- *     <li>Sending messages: {@link #sendMessage(PeerHandle, int, byte[])} or
- *     {@link #sendMessage(PeerHandle, int, byte[], int)} methods.
+ *     <li>Sending messages: {@link #sendMessage(PeerHandle, int, byte[])}.
  *     <li>Creating a network-specifier when requesting a Aware connection:
  *     {@link #createNetworkSpecifier(PeerHandle, byte[])}.
  * </ul>
@@ -62,6 +61,8 @@ public class DiscoverySession {
      * {@link #sendMessage(PeerHandle, int, byte[], int)}.
      *
      * @return Maximum retry count when sending messages.
+     *
+     * @hide
      */
     public static int getMaxSendRetryCount() {
         return MAX_SEND_RETRY_COUNT;
@@ -163,6 +164,8 @@ public class DiscoverySession {
      *            or MAC level) retries should be attempted if there is no ACK from the receiver
      *            (note: no retransmissions are attempted in other failure cases). A value of 0
      *            indicates no retries. Max permitted value is {@link #getMaxSendRetryCount()}.
+     *
+     * @hide
      */
     public void sendMessage(@NonNull PeerHandle peerHandle, int messageId,
             @Nullable byte[] message, int retryCount) {
@@ -195,8 +198,6 @@ public class DiscoverySession {
      * The peer will get a callback indicating a message was received using
      * {@link DiscoverySessionCallback#onMessageReceived(PeerHandle,
      * byte[])}.
-     * Equivalent to {@link #sendMessage(PeerHandle, int, byte[], int)}
-     * with a {@code retryCount} of 0.
      *
      * @param peerHandle The peer's handle for the message. Must be a result of an
      * {@link DiscoverySessionCallback#onServiceDiscovered(PeerHandle,
diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/DiscoverySessionCallback.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/DiscoverySessionCallback.java
index 33da1823c8b80..9645b1d32a34e 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/DiscoverySessionCallback.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/aware/DiscoverySessionCallback.java
@@ -124,10 +124,9 @@ public class DiscoverySessionCallback {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Called when message transmission fails - when no ACK is received from the peer.
-     * Retries when ACKs are not received are done by hardware, MAC, and in the Aware stack (using
-     * the {@link DiscoverySession#sendMessage(PeerHandle, int,
-     * byte[], int)} method) - this event is received after all retries are exhausted.
+     * Called when message transmission initiated with
+     * {@link DiscoverySession#sendMessage(PeerHandle, int, byte[])} fails. E.g. when no ACK is
+     * received from the peer.
      * <p>
      * Note that either this callback or
      * {@link DiscoverySessionCallback#onMessageSendSucceeded(int)} will be received
@@ -141,9 +140,7 @@ public class DiscoverySessionCallback {
 
     /**
      * Called when a message is received from a discovery session peer - in response to the
-     * peer's {@link DiscoverySession#sendMessage(PeerHandle, int,
-     * byte[])} or {@link DiscoverySession#sendMessage(PeerHandle,
-     * int, byte[], int)}.
+     * peer's {@link DiscoverySession#sendMessage(PeerHandle, int, byte[])}.
      *
      * @param peerHandle An opaque handle to the peer matching our discovery operation.
      * @param message A byte array containing the message.