diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_basics/synthesisers/juce_Synthesiser.h b/modules/juce_audio_basics/synthesisers/juce_Synthesiser.h
index 7052b00276..f255fa3604 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_basics/synthesisers/juce_Synthesiser.h
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_basics/synthesisers/juce_Synthesiser.h
@@ -571,7 +571,6 @@ protected:
                                                 int midiNoteNumber) const;
 
     /** Starts a specified voice playing a particular sound.
-
         You'll probably never need to call this, it's used internally by noteOn(), but
         may be needed by subclasses for custom behaviours.
     */
@@ -581,6 +580,13 @@ protected:
                      int midiNoteNumber,
                      float velocity);
 
+    /** Stops a given voice.
+        You should never need to call this, it's used internally by noteOff, but is protected
+        in case it's useful for some custom subclasses. It basically just calls through to
+        SynthesiserVoice::stopNote(), and has some assertions to sanity-check a few things.
+    */
+    void stopVoice (SynthesiserVoice*, float velocity, bool allowTailOff);
+
     /** Can be overridden to do custom handling of incoming midi events. */
     virtual void handleMidiEvent (const MidiMessage&);
 
@@ -592,8 +598,6 @@ private:
     bool shouldStealNotes;
     BigInteger sustainPedalsDown;
 
-    void stopVoice (SynthesiserVoice*, float velocity, bool allowTailOff);
-
    #if JUCE_CATCH_DEPRECATED_CODE_MISUSE
     // Note the new parameters for these methods.
     virtual int findFreeVoice (const bool) const { return 0; }