diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index 500b75ec659a1..9d1bf6663ffd1 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -2588,7 +2588,8 @@ fn render_assoc_item(w: &mut fmt::Formatter,
                 href(did).map(|p| format!("{}#{}.{}", p.0, ty, name)).unwrap_or(anchor)
             }
         };
-        let mut head_len = format!("{}{}{:#}fn {}{:#}",
+        let mut head_len = format!("{}{}{}{:#}fn {}{:#}",
+                                   VisSpace(&meth.visibility),
                                    ConstnessSpace(constness),
                                    UnsafetySpace(unsafety),
                                    AbiSpace(abi),
@@ -2600,8 +2601,9 @@ fn render_assoc_item(w: &mut fmt::Formatter,
         } else {
             (0, true)
         };
-        write!(w, "{}{}{}fn <a href='{href}' class='fnname'>{name}</a>\
+        write!(w, "{}{}{}{}fn <a href='{href}' class='fnname'>{name}</a>\
                    {generics}{decl}{where_clause}",
+               VisSpace(&meth.visibility),
                ConstnessSpace(constness),
                UnsafetySpace(unsafety),
                AbiSpace(abi),
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/pub-method.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/pub-method.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5998734e4a20c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/pub-method.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// ignore-tidy-linelength
+// compile-flags: --no-defaults --passes collapse-docs --passes unindent-comments --passes strip-priv-imports
+
+#![crate_name = "foo"]
+
+// @has foo/fn.bar.html
+// @has - '//*[@class="rust fn"]' 'pub fn bar() -> '
+/// foo
+pub fn bar() -> usize {
+    2
+}
+
+// @has foo/struct.Foo.html
+// @has - '//*[@class="method"]' 'pub fn new()'
+// @has - '//*[@class="method"]' 'fn not_pub()'
+pub struct Foo(usize);
+
+impl Foo {
+    pub fn new() -> Foo { Foo(0) }
+    fn not_pub() {}
+}