diff --git a/src/libcore/array.rs b/src/libcore/array.rs
index 3d13a84e232..3d09424f8ba 100644
--- a/src/libcore/array.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/array.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
 }
 
 impl TryFromSliceError {
+    #[unstable(feature = "array_error_internals",
+           reason = "available through Error trait and this method should not \
+                     be exposed publicly",
+           issue = "0")]
     #[inline]
     #[doc(hidden)]
     pub fn __description(&self) -> &str {