diff --git a/src/core/window-private.h b/src/core/window-private.h
index 3969ffc81..120770b6a 100644
--- a/src/core/window-private.h
+++ b/src/core/window-private.h
@@ -600,9 +600,6 @@ void meta_window_update_keyboard_move   (MetaWindow *window);
 
 void meta_window_update_layer (MetaWindow *window);
 
-gboolean meta_window_get_icon_geometry (MetaWindow    *window,
-                                        MetaRectangle *rect);
-
 void meta_window_recalc_features    (MetaWindow *window);
 
 void meta_window_recalc_window_type (MetaWindow *window);
diff --git a/src/core/window.c b/src/core/window.c
index eb794b59a..46bbfbc7a 100644
--- a/src/core/window.c
+++ b/src/core/window.c
@@ -5910,6 +5910,22 @@ send_configure_notify (MetaWindow *window)
   meta_error_trap_pop (window->display, FALSE);
 }
 
+/* FIXME: @rect should be marked (out), but gjs doesn't currently support
+ * this. See also http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573314
+ */
+/**
+ * meta_window_get_icon_geometry:
+ * @window: a #MetaWindow
+ * @rect: rectangle into which to store the returned geometry.
+ *
+ * Gets the location of the icon corresponding to the window. The location
+ * will be provided set by the task bar or other user interface element
+ * displaying the icon, and is relative to the root window. This currently
+ * retrieves the icon geometry from the X server as a round trip on every
+ * call.
+ *
+ * Return value: %TRUE if the icon geometry was succesfully retrieved.
+ */
 gboolean
 meta_window_get_icon_geometry (MetaWindow    *window,
                                MetaRectangle *rect)
diff --git a/src/include/window.h b/src/include/window.h
index 20eb0c39f..564e56094 100644
--- a/src/include/window.h
+++ b/src/include/window.h
@@ -99,5 +99,7 @@ void meta_window_configure_notify (MetaWindow *window, XConfigureEvent *event);
 const char *meta_window_get_role (MetaWindow *window);
 MetaStackLayer meta_window_get_layer (MetaWindow *window);
 MetaWindow* meta_window_find_root_ancestor    (MetaWindow *window);
+gboolean meta_window_get_icon_geometry (MetaWindow    *window,
+                                        MetaRectangle *rect);
 
 #endif