diff --git a/src/librand/distributions/range.rs b/src/librand/distributions/range.rs
index 4916e305b70e3..dce114d1fc21b 100644
--- a/src/librand/distributions/range.rs
+++ b/src/librand/distributions/range.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ impl<Sup: SampleRange> IndependentSample<Sup> for Range<Sup> {
 /// The helper trait for types that have a sensible way to sample
 /// uniformly between two values. This should not be used directly,
 /// and is only to facilitate `Range`.
+#[doc(hidden)]
 pub trait SampleRange {
     /// Construct the `Range` object that `sample_range`
     /// requires. This should not ever be called directly, only via