diff --git a/src/client/rest/RESTMethods.js b/src/client/rest/RESTMethods.js
index 5843e2908..59f3c65ae 100644
--- a/src/client/rest/RESTMethods.js
+++ b/src/client/rest/RESTMethods.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class RESTMethods {
       content = `${mention}${content ? `, ${content}` : ''}`;
     }
 
-    if (embed instanceof RichEmbed) embed = embed._apiTransform();
+    if (embed instanceof RichEmbed) embed = embed.toJSON();
 
     return this.rest.makeRequest('patch', Endpoints.Message(message), true, {
       content, embed, flags,
diff --git a/src/structures/RichEmbed.js b/src/structures/RichEmbed.js
index b4083501d..5ccb22dee 100644
--- a/src/structures/RichEmbed.js
+++ b/src/structures/RichEmbed.js
@@ -278,11 +278,10 @@ class RichEmbed {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Transforms the embed object to be processed.
+   * Transforms the embed to a plain object.
    * @returns {Object} The raw data of this embed
-   * @private
    */
-  _apiTransform() {
+  toJSON() {
     return {
       title: this.title,
       type: 'rich',
diff --git a/src/structures/Webhook.js b/src/structures/Webhook.js
index ca3cb9533..5d82b0c4f 100644
--- a/src/structures/Webhook.js
+++ b/src/structures/Webhook.js
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class Webhook extends EventEmitter {
       else options.files = files;
     }
 
-    if (options.embeds) options.embeds = options.embeds.map(e => new RichEmbed(e)._apiTransform());
+    if (options.embeds) options.embeds = options.embeds.map(e => new RichEmbed(e).toJSON());
 
     if (options.files) {
       for (let i = 0; i < options.files.length; i++) {
diff --git a/src/structures/interfaces/TextBasedChannel.js b/src/structures/interfaces/TextBasedChannel.js
index 20230302c..ceaa73b17 100644
--- a/src/structures/interfaces/TextBasedChannel.js
+++ b/src/structures/interfaces/TextBasedChannel.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class TextBasedChannel {
       else options.files = [options.file];
     }
 
-    if (options.embed) options.embed = new RichEmbed(options.embed)._apiTransform();
+    if (options.embed) options.embed = new RichEmbed(options.embed).toJSON();
 
     if (options.files) {
       for (let i = 0; i < options.files.length; i++) {
diff --git a/typings/index.d.ts b/typings/index.d.ts
index 104a99037..b8353d66f 100644
--- a/typings/index.d.ts
+++ b/typings/index.d.ts
@@ -1120,8 +1120,6 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
 
 	export class RichEmbed {
 		constructor(data?: RichEmbedOptions | MessageEmbed);
-		private _apiTransform(): object;
-
 		public author?: { name: string; url?: string; icon_url?: string; };
 		public color?: number;
 		public description?: string;