diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index f583fa7e1a..f74f314ff8 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 
 - Bug #14248: `yii\console\controllers\MessageController` no longer outputs colorized filenames when console does not support text colorization (PowerGamer1)
 - Bug #14264: Fixed a bug where `yii\log\Logger::calculateTimings()` was not accepting messages with array tokens (bizley)
+- Chg #14201: `yii\console\controllers\MessageController::extractMessagesFromTokens()` is now protected (faenir)
 
 
 2.0.12 June 05, 2017
diff --git a/framework/console/controllers/MessageController.php b/framework/console/controllers/MessageController.php
index 4729b69f22..4cd436a2bc 100644
--- a/framework/console/controllers/MessageController.php
+++ b/framework/console/controllers/MessageController.php
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ EOD;
      * @param array $ignoreCategories message categories to ignore.
      * @return array messages.
      */
-    private function extractMessagesFromTokens(array $tokens, array $translatorTokens, array $ignoreCategories)
+    protected function extractMessagesFromTokens(array $tokens, array $translatorTokens, array $ignoreCategories)
     {
         $messages = [];
         $translatorTokensCount = count($translatorTokens);