diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7f82e64f4..06c667d68e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - Removed `sys::socket::addr::from_libc_sockaddr` from the public API.
   (#[1215](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1215))
+- Removed `sys::termios::{get_libc_termios, get_libc_termios_mut, update_wrapper`
+  from the public API. These were previously hidden in the docs but still usable
+  by downstream.
+  (#[1235](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1235))
 
 ## [0.17.0] - 3 February 2020
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/sys/termios.rs b/src/sys/termios.rs
index 68b0dbc82c..69acf95caf 100644
--- a/src/sys/termios.rs
+++ b/src/sys/termios.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 //! ```
 //! # use self::nix::sys::termios::SpecialCharacterIndices::VEOF;
 //! # use self::nix::sys::termios::{_POSIX_VDISABLE, Termios};
-//! # let mut termios = unsafe { Termios::default_uninit() };
+//! # let mut termios: Termios = unsafe { mem::zeros() };
 //! termios.control_chars[VEOF as usize] = _POSIX_VDISABLE;
 //! ```
 //!
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 //!
 //! ```
 //! # use self::nix::sys::termios::{ControlFlags, Termios};
-//! # let mut termios = unsafe { Termios::default_uninit() };
+//! # let mut termios: Termios = unsafe { mem::zeros() };
 //! termios.control_flags & ControlFlags::CSIZE == ControlFlags::CS5;
 //! termios.control_flags |= ControlFlags::CS5;
 //! ```
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 //! # #[macro_use] extern crate nix;
 //! # use nix::sys::termios::{BaudRate, cfsetispeed, cfsetospeed, cfsetspeed, Termios};
 //! # fn main() {
-//! # let mut t = unsafe { Termios::default_uninit() };
+//! # let mut t: Termios = unsafe { mem::zeros() };
 //! cfsetispeed(&mut t, BaudRate::B9600);
 //! cfsetospeed(&mut t, BaudRate::B9600);
 //! cfsetspeed(&mut t, BaudRate::B9600);
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 //! # extern crate nix;
 //! # use nix::sys::termios::{BaudRate, cfgetispeed, cfgetospeed, cfsetispeed, cfsetspeed, Termios};
 //! # fn main() {
-//! # let mut t = unsafe { Termios::default_uninit() };
+//! # let mut t: Termios = unsafe { mem::zeros() };
 //! # cfsetspeed(&mut t, BaudRate::B9600);
 //! let speed = cfgetispeed(&t);
 //! assert_eq!(speed, cfgetospeed(&t));
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 //! # extern crate nix;
 //! # use nix::sys::termios::{BaudRate, cfgetispeed, cfgetospeed, cfsetspeed, Termios};
 //! # fn main() {
-//! # let mut t = unsafe { Termios::default_uninit() };
+//! # let mut t: Termios = unsafe { mem::zeros() };
 //! # cfsetspeed(&mut t, BaudRate::B9600);
 //! assert_eq!(cfgetispeed(&t), BaudRate::B9600);
 //! assert_eq!(cfgetospeed(&t), BaudRate::B9600);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 //! # extern crate nix;
 //! # use nix::sys::termios::{BaudRate, cfgetispeed, cfgetospeed, cfsetspeed, Termios};
 //! # fn main() {
-//! # let mut t = unsafe { Termios::default_uninit() };
+//! # let mut t: Termios = unsafe { mem::zeros() };
 //! # cfsetspeed(&mut t, 9600u32);
 //! assert_eq!(cfgetispeed(&t), 9600u32);
 //! assert_eq!(cfgetospeed(&t), 9600u32);
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 //! # extern crate nix;
 //! # use nix::sys::termios::{BaudRate, cfgetispeed, cfsetspeed, Termios};
 //! # fn main() {
-//! # let mut t = unsafe { Termios::default_uninit() };
+//! # let mut t: Termios = unsafe { mem::zeros() };
 //! # cfsetspeed(&mut t, 9600u32);
 //! assert_eq!(cfgetispeed(&t), BaudRate::B9600.into());
 //! assert_eq!(u32::from(BaudRate::B9600), 9600u32);
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 //! # extern crate nix;
 //! # use nix::sys::termios::{cfsetispeed, cfsetospeed, cfsetspeed, Termios};
 //! # fn main() {
-//! # let mut t = unsafe { Termios::default_uninit() };
+//! # let mut t: Termios = unsafe { mem::zeros() };
 //! cfsetispeed(&mut t, 9600u32);
 //! cfsetospeed(&mut t, 9600u32);
 //! cfsetspeed(&mut t, 9600u32);
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ impl Termios {
     /// # extern crate nix;
     /// # fn main() {
     /// # use nix::sys::termios::Termios;
-    /// # let mut termios = unsafe { Termios::default_uninit() };
+    /// # let mut termios: Termios = unsafe { mem::zeros() };
     /// let inner_termios = termios.get_libc_termios();
     /// unsafe { libc::cfgetispeed(&*inner_termios) };
     /// # }
@@ -205,9 +205,7 @@ impl Termios {
     ///
     /// There is no public API exposed for functions that modify the underlying `libc::termios`
     /// data because it requires additional work to maintain type safety.
-    // FIXME: Switch this over to use pub(crate)
-    #[doc(hidden)]
-    pub fn get_libc_termios(&self) -> Ref<libc::termios> {
+    pub(crate) fn get_libc_termios(&self) -> Ref<libc::termios> {
         {
             let mut termios = self.inner.borrow_mut();
             termios.c_iflag = self.input_flags.bits();
@@ -221,12 +219,11 @@ impl Termios {
 
     /// Exposes the inner `libc::termios` datastore within `Termios`.
     ///
-    /// This is unsafe because if this is used to modify the inner libc::termios struct, it will not
-    /// automatically update the safe wrapper type around it. Therefore we disable docs to
-    /// effectively limit its use to nix internals. In this case it should also be paired with a
-    /// call to `update_wrapper()` so that the wrapper-type and internal representation stay
-    /// consistent.
-    unsafe fn get_libc_termios_mut(&mut self) -> *mut libc::termios {
+    /// This is unsafe because if this is used to modify the inner `libc::termios` struct, it will
+    /// not automatically update the safe wrapper type around it. In this case it should also be
+    /// paired with a call to `update_wrapper()` so that the wrapper-type and internal
+    /// representation stay consistent.
+    pub(crate) unsafe fn get_libc_termios_mut(&mut self) -> *mut libc::termios {
         {
             let mut termios = self.inner.borrow_mut();
             termios.c_iflag = self.input_flags.bits();
@@ -238,26 +235,8 @@ impl Termios {
         self.inner.as_ptr()
     }
 
-    /// Allows for easily creating new `Termios` structs that will be overwritten with real data.
-    ///
-    /// This should only be used when the inner libc::termios struct will be overwritten before it's
-    /// read.
-    // FIXME: Switch this over to use pub(crate)
-    #[doc(hidden)]
-    pub unsafe fn default_uninit() -> Self {
-        Termios {
-            inner: RefCell::new(mem::zeroed()),
-            input_flags: InputFlags::empty(),
-            output_flags: OutputFlags::empty(),
-            control_flags: ControlFlags::empty(),
-            local_flags: LocalFlags::empty(),
-            control_chars: [0 as libc::cc_t; NCCS],
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Updates the wrapper values from the internal `libc::termios` data structure.
-    #[doc(hidden)]
-    pub fn update_wrapper(&mut self) {
+    pub(crate) fn update_wrapper(&mut self) {
         let termios = *self.inner.borrow_mut();
         self.input_flags = InputFlags::from_bits_truncate(termios.c_iflag);
         self.output_flags = OutputFlags::from_bits_truncate(termios.c_oflag);
diff --git a/test/sys/test_termios.rs b/test/sys/test_termios.rs
index a14b8ce1a2..2e4197b5da 100644
--- a/test/sys/test_termios.rs
+++ b/test/sys/test_termios.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use tempfile::tempfile;
 use nix::{Error, fcntl};
 use nix::errno::Errno;
 use nix::pty::openpty;
-use nix::sys::termios::{self, LocalFlags, OutputFlags, Termios, tcgetattr};
+use nix::sys::termios::{self, LocalFlags, OutputFlags, tcgetattr};
 use nix::unistd::{read, write, close};
 
 /// Helper function analogous to `std::io::Write::write_all`, but for `RawFd`s
@@ -128,9 +128,3 @@ fn test_local_flags() {
     close(pty.slave).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(read, Error::Sys(Errno::EAGAIN));
 }
-
-#[test]
-fn test_cfmakeraw() {
-    let mut termios = unsafe { Termios::default_uninit() };
-    termios::cfmakeraw(&mut termios);
-}