diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse-i18n/src/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse-i18n/src/index.js
index f2bf46364d1..c36bf344a76 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse-i18n/src/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse-i18n/src/index.js
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ export class I18n {
     }
   }
 
-  verboseTranslate(scope, options) {
+  _verboseTranslate(scope, options) {
     const result = this._translate(scope, options);
     let i = this.verboseIndicies.get(scope);
     if (!i) {