diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index df476ec0d1a..c1aa65c45c1 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-11-24  Jeroen Frijters  <jeroen@frijters.net>
+
+	* java/text/MessageFormat.java
+	(formatInternal): Made private.
+
 2004-11-24  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	* java/nio/DirectByteBufferImpl.java
diff --git a/libjava/java/text/MessageFormat.java b/libjava/java/text/MessageFormat.java
index 0d689413480..787bc6ffea6 100644
--- a/libjava/java/text/MessageFormat.java
+++ b/libjava/java/text/MessageFormat.java
@@ -401,9 +401,10 @@ public class MessageFormat extends Format
     return formatInternal(arguments, appendBuf, fp, null);
   }
 
-  protected final StringBuffer formatInternal (Object arguments[], StringBuffer appendBuf,
-					       FieldPosition fp,
-					       FormatCharacterIterator output_iterator)
+  private StringBuffer formatInternal (Object arguments[],
+                                       StringBuffer appendBuf,
+				       FieldPosition fp,
+				       FormatCharacterIterator output_iterator)
   {
     appendBuf.append(leader);
     if (output_iterator != null)