diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/Canary.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/Canary.java
index 073df6858320..b796aae74214 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/Canary.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/Canary.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ClusterStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.DoNotRetryIOException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseInterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@
  * 3. zookeeper mode - for each zookeeper instance, selects a zNode and
  * outputs some information about failure or latency.
  */
-@InterfaceAudience.Private
+@InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate(HBaseInterfaceAudience.TOOLS)
 public final class Canary implements Tool {
   // Sink interface used by the canary to outputs information
   public interface Sink {