diff --git a/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt b/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt
index cfe52e8330..9a5e21e504 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt
+++ b/pmd-plsql/etc/grammar/PldocAST.jjt
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.SimpleCharStream;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.TokenMgrError;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.ast.internal.ParsingExclusion;
 
 public class PLSQLParser {
 
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ PARSER_END(PLSQLParser)
 
 TOKEN_MGR_DECLS : {
 
-  public List<ParsingExclusion> exclusions = new ArrayList<ParsingExclusion>();
+  List<ParsingExclusion> exclusions = new ArrayList<ParsingExclusion>();
 }
 
 
@@ -292,19 +293,19 @@ ASTInput Input(String sourcecode) :
 	 ("/")*
 	)*
 	<EOF>
-      { jjtThis.setSourcecode(sourcecode); 
+      {
+        jjtThis.setSourcecode(sourcecode); 
         List<ParsingExclusion> exclusions = token_source.exclusions;
         if (exclusions != null) {
           // System.err.println("ParsingExclusions:");
-          for (int i=0; i<exclusions.size(); i++) {
-            ParsingExclusion ex = exclusions.get(i);
-            // System.err.print("  Lines " + ex.beginLine + " - " + ex.endLine);
-            // if (ex.reason != null) {
-            //   System.err.println(": " + ex.reason);
+          for (ParsingExclusion ex : exclusions) {
+            // System.err.print("  Lines " + ex.getBeginLine() + " - " + ex.getEndLine());
+            // if (ex.getReason() != null) {
+            //   System.err.println(": " + ex.getReason());
             // } else {
             //   System.err.println("");
             // }
-            jjtThis.addExcludedLineRange(ex.beginLine, ex.endLine);
+            jjtThis.addExcludedLineRange(ex.getBeginLine(), ex.getEndLine());
           }
         }
         return jjtThis ;
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ASTInput.java b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ASTInput.java
index 373bd37465..25132f5fea 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ASTInput.java
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ASTInput.java
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ public class ASTInput extends net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.ast.AbstractPLSQLNo
     private int excludedLinesCount = 0;
 
     /**
-    Let the user know that a range of lines were excluded from parsing.
-    @param first First line of the exlucded line range (1-based).
-    @param last Last line  of the exlucded line range (1-based).
+     * Let the user know that a range of lines were excluded from parsing.
+     *
+     * @param first First line of the excluded line range (1-based).
+     * @param last Last line  of the excluded line range (1-based).
     */
     void addExcludedLineRange(int first, int last) {
         excludedLinesCount += last - first + 1;
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ParsingExclusion.java b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ParsingExclusion.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 82e91fc710..0000000000
--- a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/ParsingExclusion.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
- */
-
-package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.ast;
-
-import java.util.Locale;
-
-/**
- * This represents an exclusion of a line range from parsing.
- */
-public final class ParsingExclusion {
-
-    public static final String BEGIN_MARKER = "PMD-EXCLUDE-BEGIN";
-    public static final String END_MARKER = "PMD-EXCLUDE-END";
-    public static final int LEN_BEGIN_MARKER = BEGIN_MARKER.length();
-
-    public int beginLine;
-    public int endLine;
-    public String source = null;
-
-
-    /**
-     * The reason is the comment text in the first line after the beginMarker.
-     */
-    public String reason = null;
-
-    public ParsingExclusion(int beginLine, int endLine, String source) {
-        this.beginLine = beginLine;
-        this.endLine = endLine;
-        this.source = source;
-        final String sourceUpper = source.toUpperCase(Locale.US);
-        int i1 = sourceUpper.indexOf(BEGIN_MARKER);
-        int i2 = sourceUpper.indexOf("\n");
-        this.reason = source.substring(i1 + LEN_BEGIN_MARKER, i2).trim();
-        if (this.reason.startsWith(":")) {
-            this.reason = this.reason.substring(2).trim(); 
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/internal/ParsingExclusion.java b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/internal/ParsingExclusion.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fa5dc1e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/internal/ParsingExclusion.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.ast.internal;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+/**
+ * This represents an exclusion of a line range from parsing.
+ */
+public final class ParsingExclusion {
+
+    private static final String BEGIN_MARKER = "PMD-EXCLUDE-BEGIN";
+    private static final String END_MARKER = "PMD-EXCLUDE-END";
+    private static final int LEN_BEGIN_MARKER = BEGIN_MARKER.length();
+
+    private final int beginLine;
+    private final int endLine;
+    private final String excludedSource;
+    private final String reason;
+
+    public ParsingExclusion(int beginLine, int endLine, String source) {
+        this.beginLine = beginLine;
+        this.endLine = endLine;
+        this.excludedSource = source;
+        final String sourceUpper = source.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        int i1 = sourceUpper.indexOf(BEGIN_MARKER);
+        int i2 = sourceUpper.indexOf("\n");
+        String reason = source.substring(i1 + LEN_BEGIN_MARKER, i2).trim();
+        if (reason.startsWith(":")) {
+            this.reason = reason.substring(2).trim(); 
+        } else {
+            this.reason = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String getExcludedSource() {
+        return excludedSource;
+    }
+
+    public int getBeginLine() {
+        return beginLine;
+    }
+
+    public int getEndLine() {
+        return endLine;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The reason is the comment text in the first line after the beginMarker.
+     */
+    public String getReason() {
+        return reason;
+    }
+}