diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/Canary.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/Canary.java
index 9ebf57ed87d..ded029861b9 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/Canary.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/Canary.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
  * </li>
  * </ol>
  */
-@InterfaceAudience.Public
+@InterfaceAudience.Private
 public final class Canary implements Tool {
   /**
    * Sink interface used by the canary to output information