diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt b/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt
index c68288a..926638b 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt
@@ -178,6 +178,26 @@
 	enddef
 
 
+Private methods ~
+If you want object methods to be accessible only from other methods of the
+same class and not used from outside the class, then you can make them
+private.  This is done by prefixing the method name with an underscore: >
+
+    class SomeClass
+	def _Foo(): number
+	  return 10
+	enddef
+	def Bar(): number
+	  return this._Foo()
+	enddef
+    endclass
+<
+Accessing a private method outside the class will result in an error (using
+the above class): >
+
+    var a = SomeClass.new()
+    a._Foo()
+<
 Simplifying the new() method ~
 
 Many constructors take values for the object members.  Thus you very often see
@@ -284,6 +304,18 @@
 Inside the class the function can be called by name directly, outside the
 class the class name must be prefixed: `OtherThing.ClearTotalSize()`.
 
+Just like object methods the access can be made private by using an underscore
+as the first character in the method name: >
+
+    class OtherThing
+	static def _Foo()
+	    echo "Foo"
+	enddef
+	def Bar()
+	    OtherThing._Foo()
+	enddef
+    endclass
+
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 4.  Using an abstract class			*Vim9-abstract-class*