diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 236288c..0eb6985 100755
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -27783,6 +27783,7 @@
     method public abstract boolean isRelative();
     method public android.net.Uri normalizeScheme();
     method public static android.net.Uri parse(java.lang.String);
+    method public java.lang.String toSafeString();
     method public abstract java.lang.String toString();
     method public static android.net.Uri withAppendedPath(android.net.Uri, java.lang.String);
     method public static void writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, android.net.Uri);
diff --git a/core/java/android/net/Uri.java b/core/java/android/net/Uri.java
index d09f33b..af3ee09 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/Uri.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/Uri.java
@@ -374,11 +374,12 @@
     public abstract String toString();
 
     /**
-     * Return a string representation of the URI that is safe to print
-     * to logs and other places where PII should be avoided.
-     * @hide
+     * Return a string representation of this URI that has common forms of PII redacted,
+     * making it safer to use for logging purposes.  For example, {@code tel:800-466-4411} is
+     * returned as {@code tel:xxx-xxx-xxxx} and {@code http://example.com/path/to/item/} is
+     * returned as {@code http://example.com/...}.
+     * @return the common forms PII redacted string of this URI
      */
-    @UnsupportedAppUsage
     public String toSafeString() {
         String scheme = getScheme();
         String ssp = getSchemeSpecificPart();