diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
index 1511bbb178..ef7b875195 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
@@ -299,18 +299,40 @@ public GsonBuilder newBuilder() {
     return new GsonBuilder(this);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated This method by accident exposes an internal Gson class; it might be removed in a
+   * future version.
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public Excluder excluder() {
     return excluder;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the field naming strategy used by this Gson instance.
+   *
+   * @see GsonBuilder#setFieldNamingStrategy(FieldNamingStrategy)
+   */
   public FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingStrategy() {
     return fieldNamingStrategy;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns whether this Gson instance is serializing JSON object properties with
+   * {@code null} values, or just omits them.
+   *
+   * @see GsonBuilder#serializeNulls()
+   */
   public boolean serializeNulls() {
     return serializeNulls;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns whether this Gson instance produces JSON output which is
+   * HTML-safe, that means all HTML characters are escaped.
+   *
+   * @see GsonBuilder#disableHtmlEscaping()
+   */
   public boolean htmlSafe() {
     return htmlSafe;
   }
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/GsonTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/GsonTest.java
index d537f7ad5b..c6cc4d5426 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/GsonTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/GsonTest.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public void testOverridesDefaultExcluder() {
         new ArrayList<TypeAdapterFactory>(), new ArrayList<TypeAdapterFactory>(),
         CUSTOM_OBJECT_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY, CUSTOM_NUMBER_TO_NUMBER_STRATEGY);
 
-    assertEquals(CUSTOM_EXCLUDER, gson.excluder());
+    assertEquals(CUSTOM_EXCLUDER, gson.excluder);
     assertEquals(CUSTOM_FIELD_NAMING_STRATEGY, gson.fieldNamingStrategy());
     assertEquals(true, gson.serializeNulls());
     assertEquals(false, gson.htmlSafe());