diff --git a/lucene/analysis/kuromoji/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/ja/dict/BinaryDictionary.java b/lucene/analysis/kuromoji/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/ja/dict/BinaryDictionary.java
index ca4eb2c398c..a0e314d5697 100644
--- a/lucene/analysis/kuromoji/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/ja/dict/BinaryDictionary.java
+++ b/lucene/analysis/kuromoji/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/ja/dict/BinaryDictionary.java
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ import org.apache.lucene.util.IOUtils;
  */
 public abstract class BinaryDictionary implements Dictionary {
   
-  enum ResourceScheme {
+  /**
+   * Used to specify where (dictionary) resources get loaded from.
+   */
+  public enum ResourceScheme {
     CLASSPATH, FILE
   }