diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5b79975d..fe68c68a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ Unreleased
   lists are sorted by the related object. This should help prevent flaky tests. (gh-1128)
 - ``diff_against()`` has a new keyword argument, ``foreign_keys_are_objs``;
   see usage in the docs under "History Diffing" (gh-1128)
-- Added ``HistoricalQuerySet.select_related_history_tracked_objs()``; see usage in the
-  docs under "Prefetching Related Objects of Historical Records" (gh-1128)
 
 3.5.0 (2024-02-19)
 ------------------
diff --git a/docs/history_diffing.rst b/docs/history_diffing.rst
index 2ec809a5..64585d19 100644
--- a/docs/history_diffing.rst
+++ b/docs/history_diffing.rst
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ the model modifications.
     the value of the deleted object's primary key.
 
     Note that this will add extra database queries for each related field that's been
-    changed - as long as the related objects have not been prefetched (using e.g.
-    `select_related_history_tracked_objs() <Prefetching Related Objects>`_).
+    changed - as long as the related objects have not been prefetched
+    (using e.g. ``select_related()``).
 
   A couple examples showing the difference:
 
diff --git a/docs/querying_history.rst b/docs/querying_history.rst
index 2366f17d..23b30f78 100644
--- a/docs/querying_history.rst
+++ b/docs/querying_history.rst
@@ -225,33 +225,3 @@ You can also prefetch the objects with this relationship using something like th
 
     Poll.objects.filter(something).prefetch_related(Prefetch('history', queryset=Poll.history.order_by('-history_date'),
                                                 to_attr='ordered_histories')
-
-
-.. _`Prefetching Related Objects`:
-
-Prefetching Related Objects of Historical Records
--------------------------------------------------
-
-If you find yourself wanting to access the related objects of some historical records,
-but without inducing additional database queries,
-``HistoricalQuerySet`` has a method called ``select_related_history_tracked_objs()``
-that you can use.
-This is a convenience method that calls `select_related()`_ with all the names of
-the model's history-tracked ``ForeignKey`` fields.
-For example:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    class Membership(models.Model):
-        person = models.ForeignKey(Person, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-        group = models.ForeignKey(Group, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-
-        history = HistoricalRecords(excluded_fields=["person"])
-
-
-    # This will prefetch `group` (not `person`, since it's excluded)
-    Membership.history.select_related_history_tracked_objs()
-
-Prefetching historical many-to-many relations is currently not supported.
-
-.. _select_related(): https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/models/querysets/#select-related
diff --git a/simple_history/admin.py b/simple_history/admin.py
index c5453d6b..29cc0ef4 100644
--- a/simple_history/admin.py
+++ b/simple_history/admin.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def get_history_queryset(
             # Only select_related when history_user is a ForeignKey (not a property)
             qs = qs.select_related("history_user")
         # Prefetch related objects to reduce the number of DB queries when diffing
-        qs = qs.select_related_history_tracked_objs()
+        qs = qs._select_related_history_tracked_objs()
         return qs
 
     def get_history_list_display(self, request) -> Sequence[str]:
diff --git a/simple_history/manager.py b/simple_history/manager.py
index 388830c9..d8f0b53e 100644
--- a/simple_history/manager.py
+++ b/simple_history/manager.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def latest_of_each(self):
             )
         return latest_historics
 
-    def select_related_history_tracked_objs(self):
+    def _select_related_history_tracked_objs(self):
         """
         A convenience method that calls ``select_related()`` with all the names of
         the model's history-tracked ``ForeignKey`` fields.
diff --git a/simple_history/tests/tests/test_manager.py b/simple_history/tests/tests/test_manager.py
index 369655ec..0f5465b9 100644
--- a/simple_history/tests/tests/test_manager.py
+++ b/simple_history/tests/tests/test_manager.py
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ def access_related_objs(records):
 
         # With prefetching:
         with self.assertNumQueries(1):
-            historical_records = Choice.history.select_related_history_tracked_objs()
+            historical_records = Choice.history._select_related_history_tracked_objs()
             self.assertEqual(len(historical_records), num_choices)
         with self.assertNumQueries(0):
             access_related_objs(historical_records)