diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts
index c23b45dab..36139caaa 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ export class TextBase extends View implements AddChildFromBuilder {
      * Specify the top padding of this layout.
      */
     paddingTop: Length;
-
-    //@private
+    
     /**
      * Called for every child element declared in xml.
      * This method will add a child element (value) to current element.
@@ -84,6 +83,7 @@ export class TextBase extends View implements AddChildFromBuilder {
      */
     _addChildFromBuilder(name: string, value: any): void;
 
+    //@private
     /**
      * Called when the text property is changed to request layout.
      * @private
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@ export const whiteSpaceProperty: CssProperty<Style, WhiteSpace>;
 export const letterSpacingProperty: CssProperty<Style, number>;
 
 //Used by tab view
-export function getTransformedText(text: string, textTransform: TextTransform): string;
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+export function getTransformedText(text: string, textTransform: TextTransform): string;