diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriterConfig.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriterConfig.java
index c635eed1b04..b60a4bafc76 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriterConfig.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriterConfig.java
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ IndexingChain getIndexingChain() {
    * @see #setMaxBufferedDocs(int)
    * @see #setRAMBufferSizeMB(double)
    */
-  public IndexWriterConfig setFlushPolicy(FlushPolicy flushPolicy) {
+  IndexWriterConfig setFlushPolicy(FlushPolicy flushPolicy) {
     this.flushPolicy = flushPolicy;
     return this;
   }
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ public int getRAMPerThreadHardLimitMB() {
   }
   
   @Override
-  public FlushPolicy getFlushPolicy() {
+  FlushPolicy getFlushPolicy() {
     return flushPolicy;
   }
   
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/LiveIndexWriterConfig.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/LiveIndexWriterConfig.java
index 7bcdff9ca55..738cddbded3 100755
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/LiveIndexWriterConfig.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/LiveIndexWriterConfig.java
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ public int getRAMPerThreadHardLimitMB() {
   /**
    * @see IndexWriterConfig#setFlushPolicy(FlushPolicy)
    */
-  public FlushPolicy getFlushPolicy() {
+  FlushPolicy getFlushPolicy() {
     return flushPolicy;
   }
   
@@ -497,7 +497,6 @@ public String toString() {
     sb.append("mergePolicy=").append(getMergePolicy()).append("\n");
     sb.append("indexerThreadPool=").append(getIndexerThreadPool()).append("\n");
     sb.append("readerPooling=").append(getReaderPooling()).append("\n");
-    sb.append("flushPolicy=").append(getFlushPolicy()).append("\n");
     sb.append("perThreadHardLimitMB=").append(getRAMPerThreadHardLimitMB()).append("\n");
     return sb.toString();
   }