diff --git a/tokio/src/time/interval.rs b/tokio/src/time/interval.rs
index 10de4e9d7..be93ba12c 100644
--- a/tokio/src/time/interval.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/time/interval.rs
@@ -117,22 +117,6 @@ pub struct Interval {
 }
 
 impl Interval {
-    fn poll_tick(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Instant> {
-        // Wait for the delay to be done
-        ready!(Pin::new(&mut self.delay).poll(cx));
-
-        // Get the `now` by looking at the `delay` deadline
-        let now = self.delay.deadline();
-
-        // The next interval value is `duration` after the one that just
-        // yielded.
-        let next = now + self.period;
-        self.delay.as_mut().reset(next);
-
-        // Return the current instant
-        Poll::Ready(now)
-    }
-
     /// Completes when the next instant in the interval has been reached.
     ///
     /// # Examples
@@ -156,4 +140,31 @@ impl Interval {
     pub async fn tick(&mut self) -> Instant {
         poll_fn(|cx| self.poll_tick(cx)).await
     }
+
+    /// Poll for the next instant in the interval to be reached.
+    ///
+    /// This method can return the following values:
+    ///
+    ///  * `Poll::Pending` if the next instant has not yet been reached.
+    ///  * `Poll::Ready(instant)` if the next instant has been reached.
+    ///
+    /// When this method returns `Poll::Pending`, the current task is scheduled
+    /// to receive a wakeup when the instant has elapsed. Note that on multiple
+    /// calls to `poll_tick`, only the `Waker` from the `Context` passed to the
+    /// most recent call is scheduled to receive a wakeup.
+    pub fn poll_tick(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Instant> {
+        // Wait for the delay to be done
+        ready!(Pin::new(&mut self.delay).poll(cx));
+
+        // Get the `now` by looking at the `delay` deadline
+        let now = self.delay.deadline();
+
+        // The next interval value is `duration` after the one that just
+        // yielded.
+        let next = now + self.period;
+        self.delay.as_mut().reset(next);
+
+        // Return the current instant
+        Poll::Ready(now)
+    }
 }