diff --git a/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/EVCacheInternal.java b/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/EVCacheInternal.java
index 8c15e287..3ae757c9 100644
--- a/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/EVCacheInternal.java
+++ b/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/EVCacheInternal.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
-interface EVCacheInternal extends EVCache {
+public interface EVCacheInternal extends EVCache {
     EVCacheItem<CachedData> metaGet(String key, Transcoder<CachedData> tc, boolean isOriginalKeyHashed) throws EVCacheException;
 
     Map<MemcachedNode, CachedValues> metaGetPerClient(String key, Transcoder<CachedData> tc, boolean isOriginalKeyHashed) throws EVCacheException;
diff --git a/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/EVCacheInternalImpl.java b/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/EVCacheInternalImpl.java
index 42e73d57..64221401 100644
--- a/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/EVCacheInternalImpl.java
+++ b/evcache-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/evcache/EVCacheInternalImpl.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+/**
+ * This class is for internal-use only by EVCache components, and is not recommended to be used for any other purpose. EVCache and EVCacheImpl are recommended instead.
+ */
 class EVCacheInternalImpl extends EVCacheImpl implements EVCacheInternal {
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EVCacheInternalImpl.class);