diff --git a/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/ionvalue/IonValueMapper.java b/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/ionvalue/IonValueMapper.java
index 6551b04b0..a5d4c24dc 100644
--- a/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/ionvalue/IonValueMapper.java
+++ b/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/ionvalue/IonValueMapper.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 /**
  * Supports serializing Ion to POJO and back using the Jackson Ion framework.
  *
- * Direct serialization to and from IonValue fields is supported. The POJO can declare fields subclassing IonValue and
- * the direct value will be provided.
+ * Direct serialization to and from IonValue fields is supported. The POJO can declare fields of type IonValue (or a
+ * subclass) and the direct value will be provided.
  * 
  * Enums are serialized as symbols by default.
  */
diff --git a/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/ionvalue/IonValueModule.java b/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/ionvalue/IonValueModule.java
index 70e550d1f..a58ca80cc 100644
--- a/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/ionvalue/IonValueModule.java
+++ b/ion/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/ion/ionvalue/IonValueModule.java
@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@
 
 import software.amazon.ion.Timestamp;
 
-class IonValueModule extends SimpleModule {
+/**
+ * A module which allows for the direct serialization to and from IonValue fields. The POJO can declare fields of type
+ * IonValue (or a subclass) and the direct value will be provided.
+ */
+public class IonValueModule extends SimpleModule {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-    IonValueModule() {
+    public IonValueModule() {
         super("IonValueModule", PackageVersion.VERSION);
         addSerializer(new TimestampSerializer());
         addSerializer(new IonValueSerializer());