diff --git a/src/impl_methods.rs b/src/impl_methods.rs
index 4202ec257..c9b2d6f49 100644
--- a/src/impl_methods.rs
+++ b/src/impl_methods.rs
@@ -1766,20 +1766,11 @@ where
         unsafe { Some(ArrayView::new(self.ptr, dim, broadcast_strides)) }
     }
 
-    /// Calculate the views of two ArrayBases after broadcasting each other, if possible.
+    /// For two arrays or views, find their common shape if possible and
+    /// broadcast them as array views into that shape.
     ///
     /// Return `ShapeError` if their shapes can not be broadcast together.
-    ///
-    /// ```
-    /// use ndarray::{arr1, arr2};
-    ///
-    /// let a = arr2(&[[2], [3], [4]]);
-    /// let b = arr1(&[5, 6, 7]);
-    /// let (a1, b1) = a.broadcast_with(&b).unwrap();
-    /// assert_eq!(a1, arr2(&[[2, 2, 2], [3, 3, 3], [4, 4, 4]]));
-    /// assert_eq!(b1, arr2(&[[5, 6, 7], [5, 6, 7], [5, 6, 7]]));
-    /// ```
-    pub fn broadcast_with<'a, 'b, B, S2, E>(&'a self, other: &'b ArrayBase<S2, E>) ->
+    pub(crate) fn broadcast_with<'a, 'b, B, S2, E>(&'a self, other: &'b ArrayBase<S2, E>) ->
         Result<(ArrayView<'a, A, <D as BroadcastShape<E>>::Output>, ArrayView<'b, B, <D as BroadcastShape<E>>::Output>), ShapeError>
     where
         S: Data<Elem=A>,
diff --git a/tests/broadcast.rs b/tests/broadcast.rs
index 26111c780..e3d377139 100644
--- a/tests/broadcast.rs
+++ b/tests/broadcast.rs
@@ -82,33 +82,3 @@ fn test_broadcast_1d() {
     println!("b2=\n{:?}", b2);
     assert_eq!(b0, b2);
 }
-
-#[test]
-fn test_broadcast_with() {
-    let a = arr2(&[[1., 2.], [3., 4.]]);
-    let b = aview0(&1.);
-    let (a1, b1) = a.broadcast_with(&b).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(a1, arr2(&[[1.0, 2.0], [3.0, 4.0]]));
-    assert_eq!(b1, arr2(&[[1.0, 1.0], [1.0, 1.0]]));
-
-    let a = arr2(&[[2], [3], [4]]);
-    let b = arr1(&[5, 6, 7]);
-    let (a1, b1) = a.broadcast_with(&b).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(a1, arr2(&[[2, 2, 2], [3, 3, 3], [4, 4, 4]]));
-    assert_eq!(b1, arr2(&[[5, 6, 7], [5, 6, 7], [5, 6, 7]]));
-
-    // Negative strides and non-contiguous memory
-    let s = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12];
-    let s = Array3::from_shape_vec((2, 3, 2).strides((1, 4, 2)), s.to_vec()).unwrap();
-    let a = s.slice(s![..;-1,..;2,..]);
-    let b = s.slice(s![..2, -1, ..]);
-    let (a1, b1) = a.broadcast_with(&b).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(a1, arr3(&[[[2, 4], [10, 12]], [[1, 3], [9, 11]]]));
-    assert_eq!(b1, arr3(&[[[9, 11], [10, 12]], [[9, 11], [10, 12]]]));
-
-    // ShapeError
-    let a = arr2(&[[2, 2], [3, 3], [4, 4]]);
-    let b = arr1(&[5, 6, 7]);
-    let e = a.broadcast_with(&b);
-    assert_eq!(e, Err(ShapeError::from_kind(ErrorKind::IncompatibleShape)));
-}