diff --git a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
index 1828123ff879d..7f511cdb1906e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
@@ -997,10 +997,14 @@ public function expects_closer( ?WP_HTML_Token $node = null ): ?bool {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Steps through the HTML document and stop at the next tag, if any.
+	 * For internal usage. Use {@see WP_HTML_Processor::next_tag()} or {@see WP_HTML_Processor::next_token()}.
+	 *
+	 * Steps through the HTML document and stop at the next node, if any.
 	 *
 	 * @since 6.4.0
 	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 *
 	 * @throws Exception When unable to allocate a bookmark for the next token in the input HTML document.
 	 *
 	 * @see self::PROCESS_NEXT_NODE