diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java b/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
index fbee90fac..c3ff52828 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
@@ -2914,8 +2914,8 @@ public class PGraphics extends PImage implements PConstants {
    * Emit a sentence of text, defined as a chunk of text without any newlines.
    * @param stop non-inclusive, the end of the text in question
    */
-  private boolean textSentence(char[] buffer, int start, int stop,
-                               float boxWidth, float spaceWidth) {
+  protected boolean textSentence(char[] buffer, int start, int stop,
+                                 float boxWidth, float spaceWidth) {
     float runningX = 0;
 
     // Keep track of this separately from index, since we'll need to back up
@@ -2980,7 +2980,7 @@ public class PGraphics extends PImage implements PConstants {
   }
 
 
-  private void textSentenceBreak(int start, int stop) {
+  protected void textSentenceBreak(int start, int stop) {
     if (textBreakCount == textBreakStart.length) {
       textBreakStart = PApplet.expand(textBreakStart);
       textBreakStop = PApplet.expand(textBreakStop);