diff --git a/src/app/config.coffee b/src/app/config.coffee
index 02d719a9a..8d4d38afc 100644
--- a/src/app/config.coffee
+++ b/src/app/config.coffee
@@ -88,7 +88,19 @@ class Config
     @watchSubscription?.close()
     @watchSubscription = null
 
-  # Public: Retrieves the setting for the given key.
+  setDefaults: (keyPath, defaults) ->
+    keys = keyPath.split('.')
+    hash = @defaultSettings
+    for key in keys
+      hash[key] ?= {}
+      hash = hash[key]
+
+    _.extend hash, defaults
+    @update()
+
+  ### Public ###
+
+  # Retrieves the setting for the given key.
   #
   # keyPath - The {String} name of the key to retrieve
   #
@@ -98,25 +110,28 @@ class Config
     _.valueForKeyPath(@settings, keyPath) ?
       _.valueForKeyPath(@defaultSettings, keyPath)
 
-  # Public: Retrieves the setting for the given key as an integer number.
+
+  # Retrieves the setting for the given key as an integer.
   #
   # keyPath - The {String} name of the key to retrieve
+  #
   # Returns the value from Atom's default settings, the user's configuration file,
   # or `NaN` if the key doesn't exist in either.
   getInt: (keyPath, defaultValueWhenFalsy) ->
     parseInt(@get(keyPath))
 
-  # Public: Retrieves the setting for the given key as a positive integer number.
+  # Retrieves the setting for the given key as a positive integer.
   #
   # keyPath - The {String} name of the key to retrieve
   # defaultValue - The integer {Number} to fall back to if the value isn't
   #                positive
+  #
   # Returns the value from Atom's default settings, the user's configuration file,
   # or `defaultValue` if the key value isn't greater than zero.
   getPositiveInt: (keyPath, defaultValue) ->
     Math.max(@getInt(keyPath), 0) or defaultValue
-
-  # Public: Sets the value for a configuration setting.
+    
+  # Sets the value for a configuration setting.
   #
   # This value is stored in Atom's internal configuration file.
   #
@@ -129,17 +144,7 @@ class Config
     @update()
     value
 
-  setDefaults: (keyPath, defaults) ->
-    keys = keyPath.split('.')
-    hash = @defaultSettings
-    for key in keys
-      hash[key] ?= {}
-      hash = hash[key]
-
-    _.extend hash, defaults
-    @update()
-
-  # Public: Establishes an event listener for a given key.
+  # Establishes an event listener for a given key.
   #
   # Whenever the value of the key is changed, a callback is fired.
   #
@@ -160,6 +165,18 @@ class Config
     callback(value)
     subscription
 
+  ### Internal ###
+  
+  setDefaults: (keyPath, defaults) ->
+    keys = keyPath.split('.')
+    hash = @defaultSettings
+    for key in keys
+      hash[key] ?= {}
+      hash = hash[key]
+
+    _.extend hash, defaults
+    @update()
+
   update: ->
     return if @configFileHasErrors
     @save()