diff --git a/lib/twitter/rest/request.rb b/lib/twitter/rest/request.rb
index 37e04d917..d5bac27e6 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/rest/request.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/rest/request.rb
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ def symbolize_keys!(object)
         object
       end
 
+      # Returns an HTTP client, using configuration set up in the client
+      #
+      # @api private
       # @return [HTTP::Client, HTTP]
       def http_client
         client = @client.proxy ? HTTP.via(*proxy) : HTTP
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ def http_client
 
       # Return proxy values as a compacted array
       #
+      # @api private
       # @return [Array]
       def proxy
         @client.proxy.values_at(:host, :port, :username, :password).compact
diff --git a/lib/twitter/rest/utils.rb b/lib/twitter/rest/utils.rb
index e26d4e19c..528f9d9f6 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/rest/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/rest/utils.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module Utils
       # Take a URI string or Twitter::Identity object and return its ID
       #
       # @param object [Integer, String, URI, Twitter::Identity] An ID, URI, or object.
+      # @api private
       # @return [Integer]
       def extract_id(object)
         case object
@@ -31,18 +32,21 @@ def extract_id(object)
         end
       end
 
+      # @api private
       # @param path [String]
       # @param options [Hash]
       def perform_get(path, options = {})
         perform_request(:get, path, options)
       end
 
+      # @api private
       # @param path [String]
       # @param options [Hash]
       def perform_post(path, options = {})
         perform_request(:post, path, options)
       end
 
+      # @api private
       # @param request_method [Symbol]
       # @param path [String]
       # @param options [Hash]