diff --git a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/impl/moduleGroupers.kt b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/impl/moduleGroupers.kt
index cc3bc6cc9ead..a7133f43792f 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/impl/moduleGroupers.kt
+++ b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/impl/moduleGroupers.kt
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ package com.intellij.openapi.module.impl
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.*
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.util.SystemProperties
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.TestOnly
 import java.util.*
 
 /**
  * @author nik
  */
-internal fun createGrouper(project: Project, moduleModel: ModifiableModuleModel? = null): ModuleGrouper {
+@ApiStatus.Internal
+fun createGrouper(project: Project, moduleModel: ModifiableModuleModel? = null): ModuleGrouper {
   val hasGroups = moduleModel?.hasModuleGroups() ?: ModuleManager.getInstance(project).hasModuleGroups()
   if (!isQualifiedModuleNamesEnabled(project) || hasGroups) {
     return ExplicitModuleGrouper(project, moduleModel)
@@ -118,4 +120,4 @@ private fun String.substringAfterLastDotNotFollowedByIncorrectChar(): String {
 @TestOnly
 public fun splitStringByDotsJoiningIncorrectIdentifiers(string: String): Pair<List<String>, String> {
   return Pair(string.splitByDotsJoiningIncorrectIdentifiers(), string.substringAfterLastDotNotFollowedByIncorrectChar())
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}