diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java
index ba0064f0813..e9d8ea4a4ec 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContext.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ShutdownHookManager;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.htrace.core.Tracer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -507,10 +508,9 @@ public static FileContext getLocalFSFileContext(final Configuration aConf)
     return getFileContext(FsConstants.LOCAL_FS_URI, aConf);
   }
 
-  /* This method is needed for tests. */
+  @VisibleForTesting
   @InterfaceAudience.Private
-  @InterfaceStability.Unstable /* return type will change to AFS once
-                                  HADOOP-6223 is completed */
+  @InterfaceStability.Unstable
   public AbstractFileSystem getDefaultFileSystem() {
     return defaultFS;
   }