diff --git a/statsd/statsd.go b/statsd/statsd.go
index 357ee8c1..690d0b5e 100644
--- a/statsd/statsd.go
+++ b/statsd/statsd.go
@@ -332,10 +332,10 @@ func newWithWriter(w statsdWriter, o *Options, writerName string) (*Client, erro
 
 	if o.Telemetry {
 		if o.TelemetryAddr == "" {
-			c.telemetry = NewTelemetryClient(&c, writerName, o.DevMode)
+			c.telemetry = newTelemetryClient(&c, writerName, o.DevMode)
 		} else {
 			var err error
-			c.telemetry, err = NewTelemetryClientWithCustomAddr(&c, writerName, o.DevMode, o.TelemetryAddr, bufferPool)
+			c.telemetry, err = newTelemetryClientWithCustomAddr(&c, writerName, o.DevMode, o.TelemetryAddr, bufferPool)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/statsd/telemetry.go b/statsd/telemetry.go
index 0516d308..8213e9eb 100644
--- a/statsd/telemetry.go
+++ b/statsd/telemetry.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type telemetryClient struct {
 	devMode bool
 }
 
-func NewTelemetryClient(c *Client, transport string, devMode bool) *telemetryClient {
+func newTelemetryClient(c *Client, transport string, devMode bool) *telemetryClient {
 	return &telemetryClient{
 		c:       c,
 		tags:    append(c.Tags, clientTelemetryTag, clientVersionTelemetryTag, "client_transport:"+transport),
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ func NewTelemetryClient(c *Client, transport string, devMode bool) *telemetryCli
 	}
 }
 
-func NewTelemetryClientWithCustomAddr(c *Client, transport string, devMode bool, telemetryAddr string, pool *bufferPool) (*telemetryClient, error) {
+func newTelemetryClientWithCustomAddr(c *Client, transport string, devMode bool, telemetryAddr string, pool *bufferPool) (*telemetryClient, error) {
 	telemetryWriter, _, err := resolveAddr(telemetryAddr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not resolve telemetry address: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	t := NewTelemetryClient(c, transport, devMode)
+	t := newTelemetryClient(c, transport, devMode)
 
 	// Creating a custom sender/worker with 1 worker in mutex mode for the
 	// telemetry that share the same bufferPool.
diff --git a/statsd/telemetry_test.go b/statsd/telemetry_test.go
index a23b3cf7..5017b69b 100644
--- a/statsd/telemetry_test.go
+++ b/statsd/telemetry_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestNewTelemetry(t *testing.T) {
 	client, err := New("localhost:8125", WithoutTelemetry(), WithNamespace("test_namespace"))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	telemetry := NewTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", false)
+	telemetry := newTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", false)
 	assert.NotNil(t, telemetry)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, telemetry.c, client)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestTelemetry(t *testing.T) {
 	client, err := New("localhost:8125", WithoutTelemetry())
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	telemetry := NewTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", false)
+	telemetry := newTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", false)
 	testTelemetry(t, telemetry, basicExpectedMetrics, basicExpectedTags)
 }
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestTelemetryDevMode(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedMetrics[k] = v
 	}
 
-	telemetry := NewTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", true)
+	telemetry := newTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", true)
 	testTelemetry(t, telemetry, expectedMetrics, basicExpectedTags)
 }
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestTelemetryChannelMode(t *testing.T) {
 	client, err := New("localhost:8125", WithoutTelemetry(), WithChannelMode())
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	telemetry := NewTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", false)
+	telemetry := newTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", false)
 	testTelemetry(t, telemetry, basicExpectedMetrics, basicExpectedTags)
 }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func TestTelemetryWithGlobalTags(t *testing.T) {
 	client, err := New("localhost:8125", WithoutTelemetry(), WithTags([]string{"tag1", "tag2"}))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	telemetry := NewTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", false)
+	telemetry := newTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", false)
 
 	expectedTelemetryTags := append([]string{"tag1", "tag2", "env:test"}, basicExpectedTags...)
 	testTelemetry(t, telemetry, basicExpectedMetrics, expectedTelemetryTags)
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func TestTelemetryWithAggregation(t *testing.T) {
 	client, err := New("localhost:8125", WithoutTelemetry(), WithClientSideAggregation())
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	telemetry := NewTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", false)
+	telemetry := newTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", false)
 
 	expectedMetrics := map[string]int64{
 		"datadog.dogstatsd.client.aggregated_context": 5,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func TestTelemetryWithAggregationDevMode(t *testing.T) {
 	client, err := New("localhost:8125", WithoutTelemetry(), WithClientSideAggregation(), WithDevMode())
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	telemetry := NewTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", true)
+	telemetry := newTelemetryClient(client, "test_transport", true)
 
 	expectedMetrics := map[string]int64{
 		"datadog.dogstatsd.client.aggregated_context": 5,