diff --git a/folly/container/FBVector.h b/folly/container/FBVector.h
index 4826c603640..7e0a45a514f 100644
--- a/folly/container/FBVector.h
+++ b/folly/container/FBVector.h
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class fbvector {
   //===========================================================================
   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // allocator helpers
- private:
+
   //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // allocate