diff --git a/docs/api/checks.rst b/docs/api/checks.rst
index 7094b9a50..d15cd6bfb 100644
--- a/docs/api/checks.rst
+++ b/docs/api/checks.rst
@@ -6,40 +6,40 @@ Check Functions
 
 NWBFile Metadata
 ----------------
-.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks.nwbfile_metadata
+.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks._nwbfile_metadata
 
 NWB Containers
 --------------
-.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks.nwb_containers
+.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks._nwb_containers
 
 Time Series
 -----------
-.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks.time_series
+.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks._time_series
 
 Tables
 ------
-.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks.tables
+.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks._tables
 
 Behavior
 --------
-.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks.behavior
+.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks._behavior
 
 Intracellular Electrophysiology (icephys)
 -----------------------------------------
-.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks.icephys
+.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks._icephys
 
 Extracellular Electrophysiology (ecephys)
 -----------------------------------------
-.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks.ecephys
+.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks._ecephys
 
 Optical Electrophysiology (ophys)
 ---------------------------------
-.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks.ophys
+.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks._ophys
 
 Optogenetics (ogen)
 -------------------
-.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks.ogen
+.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks._ogen
 
 ImageSeries
 -----------
-.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks.image_series
+.. automodule:: nwbinspector.checks._image_series
diff --git a/src/nwbinspector/checks/nwbfile_metadata/__init__.py b/src/nwbinspector/checks/nwbfile_metadata/__init__.py
index 2af1dc2b4..d21e9f49e 100644
--- a/src/nwbinspector/checks/nwbfile_metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/src/nwbinspector/checks/nwbfile_metadata/__init__.py
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@
 # Still keep imports functional with warning for soft deprecation cycle
 # TODO: remove after 9/15/2024
 from .._nwbfile_metadata import *
+
+# from .._nwbfile_metadata import check_subject_age
+# __all__ = [
+#     "check_subject_age",
+# ]