diff --git a/ion-tests b/ion-tests
index fd84d44d1..ef0451a72 160000
--- a/ion-tests
+++ b/ion-tests
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fd84d44d1e2879be4800115f7b5dfa663d1d532c
+Subproject commit ef0451a72a39f572175ad8e90b1a77110e9aec4c
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/IonRawTextWriter_1_1.kt b/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/IonRawTextWriter_1_1.kt
index 12aaed0f1..f320f5a75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/IonRawTextWriter_1_1.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/IonRawTextWriter_1_1.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import java.math.BigInteger
 class IonRawTextWriter_1_1 internal constructor(
     private val options: _Private_IonTextWriterBuilder_1_1,
     private val output: _Private_IonTextAppender,
-) : IonRawWriter_1_1, `PrivateIonRawWriter_1_1` {
+) : IonRawWriter_1_1, PrivateIonRawWriter_1_1 {
 
     companion object {
         const val IVM = "\$ion_1_1"
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/bin/IonManagedWriter_1_1.kt b/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/bin/IonManagedWriter_1_1.kt
index 4d8b9440f..1d3dec3e8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/bin/IonManagedWriter_1_1.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/bin/IonManagedWriter_1_1.kt
@@ -133,7 +133,14 @@ internal class IonManagedWriter_1_1(
      */
     private var sidTransformer: IntTransformer? = null
 
-    private fun intern(text: String): Int {
+    /**
+     * Adds a new symbol to the table for this writer, or finds an existing definition of it. This writer does not
+     * implement [IonWriter.getSymbolTable], so this method supplies some of that functionality.
+     *
+     * @return an SID for the given symbol text
+     * @see SymbolTable.intern
+     */
+    fun intern(text: String): Int {
         // Check the current symbol table
         var sid = symbolTable[text]
         if (sid != null) return sid