diff --git a/src/lints/trait_newly_sealed.ron b/src/lints/trait_newly_sealed.ron
index 327dbe9b..a3452a14 100644
--- a/src/lints/trait_newly_sealed.ron
+++ b/src/lints/trait_newly_sealed.ron
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SemverQuery(
                 item {
                     ... on Trait {
                         visibility_limit @filter(op: "=", value: ["$public"]) @output
-                        unconditionally_sealed @filter(op: "!=", value: ["$true"])
+                        public_api_sealed @filter(op: "!=", value: ["$true"])
 
                         importable_path {
                             path @output @tag
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SemverQuery(
                 item {
                     ... on Trait {
                         visibility_limit @filter(op: "=", value: ["$public"])
-                        unconditionally_sealed @filter(op: "=", value: ["$true"])
+                        public_api_sealed @filter(op: "=", value: ["$true"])
                         name @output
 
                         importable_path {
diff --git a/test_crates/trait_newly_sealed/new/src/lib.rs b/test_crates/trait_newly_sealed/new/src/lib.rs
index 852d7039..caefd63b 100644
--- a/test_crates/trait_newly_sealed/new/src/lib.rs
+++ b/test_crates/trait_newly_sealed/new/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,3 +22,11 @@ pub trait TraitBecomesPublicAndSealed: private::Sealed {}
 // and should be the only violation that's reported:
 // Thus being newly sealed is not the main problem
 trait TraitBecomesPrivateAndSealed: private::Sealed {}
+
+// This trait was public API sealed to begin with.
+// Here it becomes unconditionally sealed, which we shouldn't flag.
+// The only breakage is among uses that went beyond the public API.
+pub trait PublicAPISealed: private::Sealed {
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    type Hidden;
+}
diff --git a/test_crates/trait_newly_sealed/old/src/lib.rs b/test_crates/trait_newly_sealed/old/src/lib.rs
index 4c574b15..f4033b16 100644
--- a/test_crates/trait_newly_sealed/old/src/lib.rs
+++ b/test_crates/trait_newly_sealed/old/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,3 +16,11 @@ trait TraitBecomesPublicAndSealed {}
 // and should be the only violation that's reported:
 // Thus being newly sealed is not the main problem
 pub trait TraitBecomesPrivateAndSealed {}
+
+// This trait is public API sealed.
+// In the new code, it becomes unconditionally sealed, which we shouldn't flag.
+// The only breakage is among uses that went beyond the public API.
+pub trait PublicAPISealed {
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    type Hidden;
+}
diff --git a/test_outputs/query_execution/trait_newly_sealed.snap b/test_outputs/query_execution/trait_newly_sealed.snap
index c6d757ac..b1ecf9eb 100644
--- a/test_outputs/query_execution/trait_newly_sealed.snap
+++ b/test_outputs/query_execution/trait_newly_sealed.snap
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ expression: "&query_execution_results"
       "span_filename": String("src/lib.rs"),
       "visibility_limit": String("public"),
     },
+    {
+      "name": String("WillGainADocHiddenConst"),
+      "path": List([
+        String("trait_associated_const_added"),
+        String("WillGainADocHiddenConst"),
+      ]),
+      "span_begin_line": Uint64(46),
+      "span_end_line": Uint64(51),
+      "span_filename": String("src/lib.rs"),
+      "visibility_limit": String("public"),
+    },
   ],
   "./test_crates/trait_associated_type_added/": [
     {
@@ -28,6 +39,17 @@ expression: "&query_execution_results"
       "span_filename": String("src/lib.rs"),
       "visibility_limit": String("public"),
     },
+    {
+      "name": String("WillGainADocHiddenType"),
+      "path": List([
+        String("trait_associated_type_added"),
+        String("WillGainADocHiddenType"),
+      ]),
+      "span_begin_line": Uint64(51),
+      "span_end_line": Uint64(56),
+      "span_filename": String("src/lib.rs"),
+      "visibility_limit": String("public"),
+    },
   ],
   "./test_crates/trait_method_added/": [
     {
@@ -41,6 +63,17 @@ expression: "&query_execution_results"
       "span_filename": String("src/lib.rs"),
       "visibility_limit": String("public"),
     },
+    {
+      "name": String("WIllGainDocHiddenMethodWithoutDefault"),
+      "path": List([
+        String("trait_method_added"),
+        String("WIllGainDocHiddenMethodWithoutDefault"),
+      ]),
+      "span_begin_line": Uint64(24),
+      "span_end_line": Uint64(27),
+      "span_filename": String("src/lib.rs"),
+      "visibility_limit": String("public"),
+    },
   ],
   "./test_crates/trait_method_default_impl_removed/": [
     {
@@ -66,6 +99,19 @@ expression: "&query_execution_results"
       "visibility_limit": String("public"),
     },
   ],
+  "./test_crates/trait_method_now_doc_hidden/": [
+    {
+      "name": String("PublicTrait"),
+      "path": List([
+        String("trait_method_now_doc_hidden"),
+        String("PublicTrait"),
+      ]),
+      "span_begin_line": Uint64(12),
+      "span_end_line": Uint64(17),
+      "span_filename": String("src/lib.rs"),
+      "visibility_limit": String("public"),
+    },
+  ],
   "./test_crates/trait_newly_sealed/": [
     {
       "name": String("TraitBecomesSealed"),
@@ -90,4 +136,17 @@ expression: "&query_execution_results"
       "visibility_limit": String("public"),
     },
   ],
+  "./test_crates/trait_now_doc_hidden/": [
+    {
+      "name": String("PublicTraitHiddenVariant"),
+      "path": List([
+        String("trait_now_doc_hidden"),
+        String("PublicTraitHiddenVariant"),
+      ]),
+      "span_begin_line": Uint64(49),
+      "span_end_line": Uint64(55),
+      "span_filename": String("src/lib.rs"),
+      "visibility_limit": String("public"),
+    },
+  ],
 }