diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/MeasureFormat.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/MeasureFormat.java
index 3e119c6c6d4..4ce3c33162b 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/MeasureFormat.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/MeasureFormat.java
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ public class MeasureFormat extends UFormat {
      * @param perUnit for the example above would be MeasureUnit.HOUR.
      * @param measures the measures to format.
      * @return appendTo.
-     * @internal
+     * @internal Technology preview
      * @deprecated This API is ICU internal only.
      */
     @Deprecated