diff --git a/src/Variant.jl b/src/Variant.jl
index 6242a7c..c3f1e8a 100644
--- a/src/Variant.jl
+++ b/src/Variant.jl
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function Variant(
     return Variant(ref, edits)
 end
 
-edits(v::Variant) = v.edits
+_edits(v::Variant) = v.edits
 reference(v::Variant) = v.ref
 Base.:(==)(x::Variant, y::Variant) = x.ref == y.ref && x.edits == y.edits
 
diff --git a/src/Variation.jl b/src/Variation.jl
index 76f1554..02794ad 100644
--- a/src/Variation.jl
+++ b/src/Variation.jl
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ function translate(var::Variation{S,T}, aln::PairwiseAlignment{S,S}) where {S,T}
 end
 
 function variations(v::Variant{S,T}) where {S,T}
-    vs = Vector{Variation{S,T}}(undef, length(edits(v)))
-    for (i, e) in enumerate(edits(v))
+    vs = Vector{Variation{S,T}}(undef, length(_edits(v)))
+    for (i, e) in enumerate(_edits(v))
         vs[i] = Variation{S,T}(reference(v), e)
     end
     return vs