diff --git a/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp b/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp
index f66546532..d2846316d 100644
--- a/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp
+++ b/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 #define PARSE_TIMEOUT 1000  // default number of milli-seconds to wait
 
-// private method to read stream with timeout
+// protected method to read stream with timeout
 int Stream::timedRead()
 {
   int c;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int Stream::timedRead()
   return -1;     // -1 indicates timeout
 }
 
-// private method to peek stream with timeout
+// protected method to peek stream with timeout
 int Stream::timedPeek()
 {
   int c;
diff --git a/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.h b/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.h
index 78a1c0716..8e950c731 100644
--- a/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.h
+++ b/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.h
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ class Stream : public Print
   protected:
     unsigned long _timeout;      // number of milliseconds to wait for the next char before aborting timed read
     unsigned long _startMillis;  // used for timeout measurement
-    int timedRead();    // private method to read stream with timeout
-    int timedPeek();    // private method to peek stream with timeout
+    int timedRead();    // read stream with timeout
+    int timedPeek();    // peek stream with timeout
     int peekNextDigit(LookaheadMode lookahead, bool detectDecimal); // returns the next numeric digit in the stream or -1 if timeout
 
   public: