diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
index 7846ec005367..f8426627e9e2 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ public class JavaDocInfoGenerator {
     }
   }
 
-  private void generateCommonSection(StringBuilder buffer, PsiDocComment docComment) {
+  public void generateCommonSection(StringBuilder buffer, PsiDocComment docComment) {
     generateDescription(buffer, docComment);
     generateDeprecatedSection(buffer, docComment);
     generateSinceSection(buffer, docComment);