diff --git a/android/src/com/google/zxing/client/android/PreferencesActivity.java b/android/src/com/google/zxing/client/android/PreferencesActivity.java
index e15233769..b6ee0c7e7 100755
--- a/android/src/com/google/zxing/client/android/PreferencesActivity.java
+++ b/android/src/com/google/zxing/client/android/PreferencesActivity.java
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ public final class PreferencesActivity extends PreferenceActivity
 
   static final String KEY_HELP_VERSION_SHOWN = "preferences_help_version_shown";
 
-  CheckBoxPreference decode1D;
-  CheckBoxPreference decodeQR;
+  private CheckBoxPreference decode1D;
+  private CheckBoxPreference decodeQR;
 
   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/LuminanceSource.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/LuminanceSource.java
index f4156b242..4b6d4539f 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/LuminanceSource.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/LuminanceSource.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public abstract class LuminanceSource {
   /**
    * Fetches one row of luminance data from the underlying platform's bitmap. Values range from
    * 0 (black) to 255 (white). Because Java does not have an unsigned byte type, callers will have
-   * to bitwise and with 0xff for each value. It is preferrable for implementations of this method
+   * to bitwise and with 0xff for each value. It is preferable for implementations of this method
    * to only fetch this row rather than the whole image, since no 2D Readers may be installed and
    * getMatrix() may never be called.
    *
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/Reader.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/Reader.java
index eb7c5f7ed..ca6892c9a 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/Reader.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/Reader.java
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ public interface Reader {
    * hints, each possibly associated to some data, which may help the implementation decode.
    *
    * @param image image of barcode to decode
-   * @param hints passed as a {@link java.util.Hashtable} from {@link com.google.zxing.DecodeHintType} to aribtrary data. The
+   * @param hints passed as a {@link java.util.Hashtable} from {@link com.google.zxing.DecodeHintType}
+   * to arbitrary data. The
    * meaning of the data depends upon the hint type. The implementation may or may not do
    * anything with these hints.
    * @return String which the barcode encodes
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/ResultPoint.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/ResultPoint.java
index 31cefe463..0c8e883d7 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/ResultPoint.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/ResultPoint.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class ResultPoint {
   /**
    * Returns the z component of the cross product between vectors BC and BA.
    */
-  public static float crossProductZ(ResultPoint pointA, ResultPoint pointB, ResultPoint pointC) {
+  private static float crossProductZ(ResultPoint pointA, ResultPoint pointB, ResultPoint pointC) {
     float bX = pointB.x;
     float bY = pointB.y;
     return ((pointC.x - bX) * (pointA.y - bY)) - ((pointC.y - bY) * (pointA.x - bX));
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/GeoResultParser.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/GeoResultParser.java
index 1c1bc1f82..f08605964 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/GeoResultParser.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/GeoResultParser.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package com.google.zxing.client.result;
 import com.google.zxing.Result;
 
 /**
- * Parses a "geo:" URI result, which specifices a location on the surface of
+ * Parses a "geo:" URI result, which specifies a location on the surface of
  * the Earth as well as an optional altitude above the surface. See
  * <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayrhofer-geo-uri-00">
  * http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayrhofer-geo-uri-00</a>.
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ProductResultParser.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ProductResultParser.java
index c7d5c5309..0ca23b2fc 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ProductResultParser.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ProductResultParser.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import com.google.zxing.Result;
 import com.google.zxing.oned.UPCEReader;
 
 /**
- * Parses strings of digits that repesent a UPC code.
+ * Parses strings of digits that represent a UPC code.
  * 
  * @author dswitkin@google.com (Daniel Switkin)
  */
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ResultParser.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ResultParser.java
index d8172b4ba..c5fd9e034 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ResultParser.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ResultParser.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public abstract class ResultParser {
     return escaped;
   }
 
-  static String urlDecode(String escaped) {
+  private static String urlDecode(String escaped) {
 
     // No we can't use java.net.URLDecoder here. JavaME doesn't have it.
     if (escaped == null) {
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/GridSampler.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/GridSampler.java
index 0e293e85a..e7af414ab 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/GridSampler.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/GridSampler.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public abstract class GridSampler {
    * <p>These 16 parameters define the transformation needed to sample the image.</p>
    *
    * @param image image to sample
-   * @param dimension width/height of {@link BitMatrix} to sample from iamge
+   * @param dimension width/height of {@link BitMatrix} to sample from image
    * @return {@link BitMatrix} representing a grid of points sampled from the image within a region
    *   defined by the "from" parameters
    * @throws ReaderException if image can't be sampled, for example, if the transformation defined
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/LocalBlockBinarizer.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/LocalBlockBinarizer.java
index 93fc0311a..8f3709827 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/LocalBlockBinarizer.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/LocalBlockBinarizer.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public final class LocalBlockBinarizer extends Binarizer {
 
   // For each 8x8 block in the image, calculate the average black point using a 5x5 grid
   // of the blocks around it. Also handles the corner cases, but will ignore up to 7 pixels
-  // on the right edge and 7 pixels at the bottom of the image if the overall dimsions are not
+  // on the right edge and 7 pixels at the bottom of the image if the overall dimensions are not
   // multiples of eight. In practice, leaving those pixels white does not seem to be a problem.
   private static void calculateThresholdForBlock(byte[] luminances, int subWidth, int subHeight,
       int stride, int[][] blackPoints, BitMatrix matrix) {
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/detector/MonochromeRectangleDetector.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/detector/MonochromeRectangleDetector.java
index 1a4528229..75eab7ac1 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/detector/MonochromeRectangleDetector.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/common/detector/MonochromeRectangleDetector.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public final class MonochromeRectangleDetector {
    * be part of a Data Matrix barcode.
    *
    * @param fixedDimension if scanning horizontally, this is the row (the fixed vertical location)
-   *  where we are scanning. If scanning vertically it's the colummn, the fixed horizontal location
+   *  where we are scanning. If scanning vertically it's the column, the fixed horizontal location
    * @param maxWhiteRun largest run of white pixels that can still be considered part of the
    *  barcode region
    * @param minDim minimum pixel location, horizontally or vertically, to consider
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/datamatrix/decoder/BitMatrixParser.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/datamatrix/decoder/BitMatrixParser.java
index 8305977ff..6536ebf01 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/datamatrix/decoder/BitMatrixParser.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/datamatrix/decoder/BitMatrixParser.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ final class BitMatrixParser {
   }
   
   /**
-   * <p>Reads the 8 bits of the standard utah shaped pattern.</p>
+   * <p>Reads the 8 bits of the standard Utah-shaped pattern.</p>
    * 
    * <p>See ISO 16022:2006, 5.8.1 Figure 6</p>
    * 
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/AbstractUPCEANReader.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/AbstractUPCEANReader.java
index a8e2955d6..0d1b26fd1 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/AbstractUPCEANReader.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/AbstractUPCEANReader.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractUPCEANReader extends AbstractOneDReader implements
    * @return true iff string of digits passes the UPC/EAN checksum algorithm
    * @throws ReaderException if the string does not contain only digits
    */
-  public static boolean checkStandardUPCEANChecksum(String s) throws ReaderException {
+  private static boolean checkStandardUPCEANChecksum(String s) throws ReaderException {
     int length = s.length();
     if (length == 0) {
       return false;
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/AbstractUPCEANWriter.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/AbstractUPCEANWriter.java
index b2d2e4c75..eb33ec2ef 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/AbstractUPCEANWriter.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/AbstractUPCEANWriter.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractUPCEANWriter implements UPCEANWriter {
   }
 
   /** @return a byte array of horizontal pixels (0 = white, 1 = black) */
-  protected static ByteMatrix renderResult(byte[] code, int width, int height) {
+  private static ByteMatrix renderResult(byte[] code, int width, int height) {
     int inputWidth = code.length;
     // Add quiet zone on both sides
     int fullWidth = inputWidth + (AbstractUPCEANReader.START_END_PATTERN.length << 1);
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/ITFReader.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/ITFReader.java
index b3613abfa..4b4de2e0a 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/ITFReader.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/ITFReader.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public final class ITFReader extends AbstractOneDReader {
    * @param resultString {@link StringBuffer} to append decoded chars to
    * @throws ReaderException if decoding could not complete successfully
    */
-  static void decodeMiddle(BitArray row, int payloadStart, int payloadEnd,
+  private static void decodeMiddle(BitArray row, int payloadStart, int payloadEnd,
       StringBuffer resultString) throws ReaderException {
 
     // Digits are interleaved in pairs - 5 black lines for one digit, and the
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ public final class ITFReader extends AbstractOneDReader {
       // ref: http://www.barcode-1.net/i25code.html
       validateQuietZone(row, endPattern[0]);
 
-      // Now recalc the indicies of where the 'endblock' starts & stops to
-      // accomodate
+      // Now recalculate the indices of where the 'endblock' starts & stops to
+      // accommodate
       // the reversed nature of the search
       int temp = endPattern[0];
       endPattern[0] = row.getSize() - endPattern[1];
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public final class ITFReader extends AbstractOneDReader {
 
       return endPattern;
     } finally {
-      // Put the row back the righ way.
+      // Put the row back the right way.
       row.reverse();
     }
   }
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public final class ITFReader extends AbstractOneDReader {
    *         ints
    * @throws ReaderException if pattern is not found
    */
-  static int[] findGuardPattern(BitArray row, int rowOffset, int[] pattern) throws ReaderException {
+  private static int[] findGuardPattern(BitArray row, int rowOffset, int[] pattern) throws ReaderException {
 
     // TODO: This is very similar to implementation in AbstractUPCEANReader. Consider if they can be
     // merged to a single method.
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.java
index 3c7743549..a8cf59210 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/DecodedBitStreamParser.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ final class DecodedBitStreamParser {
           break;
         }
         default: {
-          // Default to text compaction. During testing numberous barcodes
+          // Default to text compaction. During testing numerous barcodes
           // appeared to be missing the starting mode. In these cases defaulting
           // to text compaction seems to work.
           codeIndex--;
@@ -143,10 +143,9 @@ final class DecodedBitStreamParser {
     int[] byteCompactionData = new int[codewords[0] << 1];
 
     int index = 0;
-    int code = 0;
     boolean end = false;
     while ((codeIndex < codewords[0]) && !end) {
-      code = codewords[codeIndex++];
+      int code = codewords[codeIndex++];
       if (code < TEXT_COMPACTION_MODE_LATCH) {
         textCompactionData[index] = code / 30;
         textCompactionData[index + 1] = code % 30;
@@ -341,10 +340,9 @@ final class DecodedBitStreamParser {
       long value = 0;
       char[] decodedData = new char[6];
       int[] byteCompactedCodewords = new int[6];
-      int code = 0;
       boolean end = false;
       while ((codeIndex < codewords[0]) && !end) {
-        code = codewords[codeIndex++];
+        int code = codewords[codeIndex++];
         if (code < TEXT_COMPACTION_MODE_LATCH) {
           byteCompactedCodewords[count] = code;
           count++;
@@ -386,10 +384,9 @@ final class DecodedBitStreamParser {
       // is an integer multiple of 6
       int count = 0;
       long value = 0;
-      int code = 0;
       boolean end = false;
       while ((codeIndex < codewords[0]) && !end) {
-        code = codewords[codeIndex++];
+        int code = codewords[codeIndex++];
         if (code < TEXT_COMPACTION_MODE_LATCH) {
           count += 1;
           // Base 900
@@ -515,9 +512,8 @@ final class DecodedBitStreamParser {
    */
   private static String decodeBase900toBase10(int[] codewords, int count) {
     StringBuffer accum = null;
-    StringBuffer value = null;
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-      value = multiply(EXP900[count - i - 1], codewords[i]);
+      StringBuffer value = multiply(EXP900[count - i - 1], codewords[i]);
       if (accum == null) {
         // First time in accum=0
         accum = value;
@@ -526,7 +522,7 @@ final class DecodedBitStreamParser {
       }
     }
     String result = null;
-    // Remove leading '1' which was inserted to preserce
+    // Remove leading '1' which was inserted to preserve
     // leading zeros
     for (int i = 0; i < accum.length(); i++) {
       if (accum.charAt(i) == '1') {
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/Decoder.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/Decoder.java
index d50fa5339..fb722b688 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/Decoder.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/decoder/Decoder.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public final class Decoder {
    * @return an index to the first data codeword.
    * @throws ReaderException
    */
-  private static int verifyCodewordCount(int[] codewords, int numECCodewords) throws ReaderException {
+  private static void verifyCodewordCount(int[] codewords, int numECCodewords) throws ReaderException {
     if (codewords.length < 4) {
       // Codeword array size should be at least 4 allowing for
       // Count CW, At least one Data CW, Error Correction CW, Error Correction CW
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ public final class Decoder {
         throw ReaderException.getInstance();
       }
     }
-    return 1; // Index to first data codeword
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/detector/Detector.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/detector/Detector.java
index 5f20f3abf..dabdce8bd 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/detector/Detector.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/pdf417/detector/Detector.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public final class Detector {
    *           vertices[6] x, y top right codeword area
    *           vertices[7] x, y bottom right codeword area
    */
-  private static ResultPoint[] findVertices(BitMatrix matrix) throws ReaderException {
+  private static ResultPoint[] findVertices(BitMatrix matrix) {
     int height = matrix.getHeight();
     int width = matrix.getWidth();
     int halfWidth = width >> 1;
@@ -136,10 +136,9 @@ public final class Detector {
     ResultPoint[] result = new ResultPoint[8];
     boolean found = false;
 
-    int[] loc = null;
     // Top Left
     for (int i = 0; i < height; i++) {
-      loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, 0, i, halfWidth, false, START_PATTERN);
+      int[] loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, 0, i, halfWidth, false, START_PATTERN);
       if (loc != null) {
         result[0] = new ResultPoint(loc[0], i);
         result[4] = new ResultPoint(loc[1], i);
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ public final class Detector {
     if (found) { // Found the Top Left vertex
       found = false;
       for (int i = height - 1; i > 0; i--) {
-        loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, 0, i, halfWidth, false, START_PATTERN);
+        int[] loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, 0, i, halfWidth, false, START_PATTERN);
         if (loc != null) {
           result[1] = new ResultPoint(loc[0], i);
           result[5] = new ResultPoint(loc[1], i);
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ public final class Detector {
     if (found) { // Found the Bottom Left vertex
       found = false;
       for (int i = 0; i < height; i++) {
-        loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, halfWidth, i, halfWidth, false, STOP_PATTERN);
+        int[] loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, halfWidth, i, halfWidth, false, STOP_PATTERN);
         if (loc != null) {
           result[2] = new ResultPoint(loc[1], i);
           result[6] = new ResultPoint(loc[0], i);
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ public final class Detector {
     if (found) { // Found the Top right vertex
       found = false;
       for (int i = height - 1; i > 0; i--) {
-        loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, halfWidth, i, halfWidth, false, STOP_PATTERN);
+        int[] loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, halfWidth, i, halfWidth, false, STOP_PATTERN);
         if (loc != null) {
           result[3] = new ResultPoint(loc[1], i);
           result[7] = new ResultPoint(loc[0], i);
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ public final class Detector {
    *           vertices[6] x, y top right codeword area
    *           vertices[7] x, y bottom right codeword area
    */
-  private static ResultPoint[] findVertices180(BitMatrix matrix) throws ReaderException {
+  private static ResultPoint[] findVertices180(BitMatrix matrix) {
     int height = matrix.getHeight();
     int width = matrix.getWidth();
     int halfWidth = width >> 1;
@@ -216,10 +215,9 @@ public final class Detector {
     ResultPoint[] result = new ResultPoint[8];
     boolean found = false;
 
-    int[] loc = null;
     // Top Left
     for (int i = height - 1; i > 0; i--) {
-      loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, halfWidth, i, halfWidth, true, START_PATTERN_REVERSE);
+      int[] loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, halfWidth, i, halfWidth, true, START_PATTERN_REVERSE);
       if (loc != null) {
         result[0] = new ResultPoint(loc[1], i);
         result[4] = new ResultPoint(loc[0], i);
@@ -231,7 +229,7 @@ public final class Detector {
     if (found) { // Found the Top Left vertex
       found = false;
       for (int i = 0; i < height; i++) {
-        loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, halfWidth, i, halfWidth, true, START_PATTERN_REVERSE);
+        int[] loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, halfWidth, i, halfWidth, true, START_PATTERN_REVERSE);
         if (loc != null) {
           result[1] = new ResultPoint(loc[1], i);
           result[5] = new ResultPoint(loc[0], i);
@@ -244,7 +242,7 @@ public final class Detector {
     if (found) { // Found the Bottom Left vertex
       found = false;
       for (int i = height - 1; i > 0; i--) {
-        loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, 0, i, halfWidth, false, STOP_PATTERN_REVERSE);
+        int[] loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, 0, i, halfWidth, false, STOP_PATTERN_REVERSE);
         if (loc != null) {
           result[2] = new ResultPoint(loc[0], i);
           result[6] = new ResultPoint(loc[1], i);
@@ -257,7 +255,7 @@ public final class Detector {
     if (found) { // Found the Top Right vertex
       found = false;
       for (int i = 0; i < height; i++) {
-        loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, 0, i, halfWidth, false, STOP_PATTERN_REVERSE);
+        int[] loc = findGuardPattern(matrix, 0, i, halfWidth, false, STOP_PATTERN_REVERSE);
         if (loc != null) {
           result[3] = new ResultPoint(loc[0], i);
           result[7] = new ResultPoint(loc[1], i);
@@ -414,7 +412,7 @@ public final class Detector {
    *                 being searched for as a pattern
    * @return start/end horizontal offset of guard pattern, as an array of two ints.
    */
-  static int[] findGuardPattern(BitMatrix matrix, int column, int row, int width,
+  private static int[] findGuardPattern(BitMatrix matrix, int column, int row, int width,
       boolean whiteFirst, int[] pattern) {
     int patternLength = pattern.length;
     // TODO: Find a way to cache this array, as this method is called hundreds of times
@@ -465,7 +463,7 @@ public final class Detector {
    *         variance between counters and patterns equals the pattern length,
    *         higher values mean even more variance
    */
-  public static int patternMatchVariance(int[] counters, int[] pattern, int maxIndividualVariance) {
+  private static int patternMatchVariance(int[] counters, int[] pattern, int maxIndividualVariance) {
     int numCounters = counters.length;
     int total = 0;
     int patternLength = 0;
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/QRCodeWriter.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/QRCodeWriter.java
index 0c59ed7cf..028aa8edc 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/QRCodeWriter.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/QRCodeWriter.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public final class QRCodeWriter implements Writer {
     int outputHeight = Math.max(height, qrHeight);
 
     int multiple = Math.min(outputWidth / qrWidth, outputHeight / qrHeight);
-    // Padding includes both the quiet zone and the extra white pixels to accomodate the requested
+    // Padding includes both the quiet zone and the extra white pixels to accommodate the requested
     // dimensions. For example, if input is 25x25 the QR will be 33x33 including the quiet zone.
     // If the requested size is 200x160, the multiple will be 4, for a QR of 132x132. These will
     // handle all the padding from 100x100 (the actual QR) up to 200x160.
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/detector/Detector.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/detector/Detector.java
index 8b0067488..17c1dd193 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/detector/Detector.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/detector/Detector.java
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ public class Detector {
    * @param overallEstModuleSize estimated module size so far
    * @param estAlignmentX x coordinate of center of area probably containing alignment pattern
    * @param estAlignmentY y coordinate of above
-   * @param allowanceFactor number of pixels in all directons to search from the center
+   * @param allowanceFactor number of pixels in all directions to search from the center
    * @return {@link AlignmentPattern} if found, or null otherwise
    * @throws ReaderException if an unexpected error occurs during detection
    */
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/encoder/Encoder.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/encoder/Encoder.java
index 49011ee7c..1bfd1b055 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/encoder/Encoder.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/qrcode/encoder/Encoder.java
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ public final class Encoder {
     }
   }
 
-  static void appendECI(CharacterSetECI eci, BitVector bits) {
+  private static void appendECI(CharacterSetECI eci, BitVector bits) {
     bits.appendBits(Mode.ECI.getBits(), 4);
     // This is correct for values up to 127, which is all we need now.
     bits.appendBits(eci.getValue(), 8);