diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/Status.java b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/Status.java
index 081f88aae44..963a001d9cd 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/Status.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/Status.java
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ public static Status fromThrowable(Throwable t) {
    *
    * @return the trailers or {@code null} if not found.
    */
+  @Nullable
   @ExperimentalApi("https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/issues/4683")
   public static Metadata trailersFromThrowable(Throwable t) {
     Throwable cause = checkNotNull(t, "t");