diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java
index cac6e862..3c08dfd6 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonReader.java
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ public class JsonReader implements Closeable {
     return getClass().getSimpleName() + locationString();
   }
 
-  String locationString() {
+  private String locationString() {
     int line = lineNumber + 1;
     int column = pos - lineStart + 1;
     String charInterjection = pos < buffer.length ? " (char '" + buffer[pos] + "')" : "";
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonTreeReader.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonTreeReader.java
index bce2c3e4..0ce137e8 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonTreeReader.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/stream/JsonTreeReader.java
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ public final class JsonTreeReader extends JsonReader {
     return result;
   }
 
-  JsonElement nextJsonElement() throws IOException {
+  public JsonElement nextJsonElement() throws IOException {
     final JsonToken peeked = peek();
     if (peeked == JsonToken.NAME
         || peeked == JsonToken.END_ARRAY