diff --git a/src/mixins/object.svg_export.js b/src/mixins/object.svg_export.js
index 8d5e6807..39cc07f2 100644
--- a/src/mixins/object.svg_export.js
+++ b/src/mixins/object.svg_export.js
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ fabric.util.object.extend(fabric.Object.prototype, /** @lends fabric.Object.prot
     return [ translatePart, anglePart, scalePart, flipXPart, flipYPart ].join('');
   },
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
   _createBaseSVGMarkup: function() {
     var markup = [ ];