diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/region/MasterRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/region/MasterRegion.java
index 640753cad7d..b5faeaceb2f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/region/MasterRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/region/MasterRegion.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.region;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants.HREGION_LOGDIR_NAME;
 
+import com.google.errorprone.annotations.RestrictedApi;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
@@ -142,6 +143,12 @@ public final class MasterRegion {
     flusherAndCompactor.onUpdate();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The design for master region is to only load all the data to memory at once when starting, so
+   * typically you should not use the get method to get a single row of data at runtime.
+   */
+  @RestrictedApi(explanation = "Should only be called in tests", link = "",
+      allowedOnPath = ".*/src/test/.*")
   public Result get(Get get) throws IOException {
     return region.get(get);
   }
@@ -154,14 +161,20 @@ public final class MasterRegion {
     return region.getScanner(scan);
   }
 
+  @RestrictedApi(explanation = "Should only be called in tests", link = "",
+      allowedOnPath = ".*/src/test/.*")
   public FlushResult flush(boolean force) throws IOException {
     return region.flush(force);
   }
 
+  @RestrictedApi(explanation = "Should only be called in tests", link = "",
+      allowedOnPath = ".*/src/test/.*")
   public void requestRollAll() {
     walRoller.requestRollAll();
   }
 
+  @RestrictedApi(explanation = "Should only be called in tests", link = "",
+      allowedOnPath = ".*/src/test/.*")
   public void waitUntilWalRollFinished() throws InterruptedException {
     walRoller.waitUntilWalRollFinished();
   }