diff --git a/scripts/eslint/rules/jsdoc-format.cjs b/scripts/eslint/rules/jsdoc-format.cjs
index 4753fe9cc84cc..9e38ca0f99c29 100644
--- a/scripts/eslint/rules/jsdoc-format.cjs
+++ b/scripts/eslint/rules/jsdoc-format.cjs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module.exports = createRule({
             internalCommentNotLastError: `@internal should only appear in final JSDoc comment for declaration.`,
             multipleJSDocError: `Declaration has multiple JSDoc comments.`,
             internalCommentOnParameterProperty: `@internal cannot appear on a JSDoc comment; use a declared property and an assignment in the constructor instead.`,
+            internalCommentOnUnexported: `@internal should not appear on an unexported declaration.`,
         },
         schema: [],
         type: "problem",
@@ -23,6 +24,31 @@ module.exports = createRule({
         const atInternal = "@internal";
         const jsdocStart = "/**";
 
+        /** @type {Map<import("@typescript-eslint/utils").TSESTree.Node, boolean>} */
+        const isExportedCache = new Map();
+
+        /** @type {(node: import("@typescript-eslint/utils").TSESTree.Node) => boolean} */
+        function isExported(node) {
+            const exported = isExportedCache.get(node);
+            if (exported !== undefined) {
+                return exported;
+            }
+
+            /** @type {import("@typescript-eslint/utils").TSESTree.Node | undefined} */
+            let current = node;
+            while (current) {
+                // https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/blob/e44a1a280f08f9fd0d29f74e5c3e73b7b64a9606/packages/eslint-plugin/src/util/collectUnusedVariables.ts#L440
+                if (current.type.startsWith("Export")) {
+                    isExportedCache.set(node, true);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                isExportedCache.set(current, false);
+                current = current.parent;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
         /** @type {(text: string) => boolean} */
         function isJSDocText(text) {
             return text.startsWith(jsdocStart);
@@ -81,12 +107,15 @@ module.exports = createRule({
                 if (!isJSDoc) {
                     context.report({ messageId: "internalCommentInNonJSDocError", node: c, loc: getAtInternalLoc(c, indexInComment) });
                 }
-                else if (i !== last) {
-                    context.report({ messageId: "internalCommentNotLastError", node: c, loc: getAtInternalLoc(c, indexInComment) });
-                }
                 else if (node.type === "TSParameterProperty") {
                     context.report({ messageId: "internalCommentOnParameterProperty", node: c, loc: getAtInternalLoc(c, indexInComment) });
                 }
+                else if (!isExported(node)) {
+                    context.report({ messageId: "internalCommentOnUnexported", node: c, loc: getAtInternalLoc(c, indexInComment) });
+                }
+                else if (i !== last) {
+                    context.report({ messageId: "internalCommentNotLastError", node: c, loc: getAtInternalLoc(c, indexInComment) });
+                }
             }
         };
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/scanner.ts b/src/compiler/scanner.ts
index 7b0d1ebb87d35..4521fb0600cd2 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scanner.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/scanner.ts
@@ -2805,13 +2805,11 @@ export function createScanner(languageVersion: ScriptTarget, skipTrivia: boolean
     }
 }
 
-/** @internal */
 function codePointAt(s: string, i: number): number {
     // TODO(jakebailey): this is wrong and should have ?? 0; but all users are okay with it
     return s.codePointAt(i)!;
 }
 
-/** @internal */
 function charSize(ch: number) {
     if (ch >= 0x10000) {
         return 2;
diff --git a/src/services/services.ts b/src/services/services.ts
index f97d3eb0651dc..18f0b4d151439 100644
--- a/src/services/services.ts
+++ b/src/services/services.ts
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ class IdentifierObject extends TokenOrIdentifierObject<SyntaxKind.Identifier> im
     declare _declarationBrand: any;
     declare _jsdocContainerBrand: any;
     declare _flowContainerBrand: any;
-    /** @internal */ typeArguments!: NodeArray<TypeNode>;
+    typeArguments!: NodeArray<TypeNode>;
     constructor(kind: SyntaxKind.Identifier, pos: number, end: number) {
         super(kind, pos, end);
     }