diff --git a/src/text-editor.coffee b/src/text-editor.coffee
index 20ef23264..4469be580 100644
--- a/src/text-editor.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor.coffee
@@ -593,16 +593,6 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
   # Essential: Returns the {String} path of this editor's text buffer.
   getPath: -> @buffer.getPath()
 
-  # Private: Return [save options](http://electron.atom.io/docs/v0.27.0/api/di
-  # alog/#dialog.showsavedialog(%5Bbrowserwindow%5D,-%5Boptions%5D,-%5Bcallbac
-  # k%5D)) to be used when displaying the save dialog.
-  #
-  # Default empty options are returned now. In the future this would be the
-  # place to start implementing things like: https://discuss.atom.io/t
-  # /request-saving- file-with-correct-extension/17521
-  getSaveDialogOptions: ->
-    {}
-
   # Extended: Returns the {String} character set encoding of this editor's text
   # buffer.
   getEncoding: -> @buffer.getEncoding()
@@ -648,6 +638,10 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
     else
       @isModified() and not @buffer.hasMultipleEditors()
 
+  # Returns an {Object} to configure dialog shown when this editor is saved
+  # via {Pane::saveItemAs}.
+  getSaveDialogOptions: -> {}
+
   checkoutHeadRevision: ->
     if filePath = this.getPath()
       atom.project.repositoryForDirectory(new Directory(path.dirname(filePath)))