diff --git a/src/textbuf/mod.rs b/src/textbuf/mod.rs
index 4dfc15e..646ee07 100644
--- a/src/textbuf/mod.rs
+++ b/src/textbuf/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 mod model;
+mod raw_match;
 
 pub use model::{Match, Model};
diff --git a/src/textbuf/model.rs b/src/textbuf/model.rs
index 8338370..f0cb2f7 100644
--- a/src/textbuf/model.rs
+++ b/src/textbuf/model.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::collections;
 use regex::Regex;
 use sequence_trie::SequenceTrie;
 
+use super::raw_match::RawMatch;
 use crate::alphabets::Alphabet;
 use crate::regexes::{NamedPattern, EXCLUDE_PATTERNS, PATTERNS};
 
@@ -238,15 +239,6 @@ pub struct Match<'a> {
     pub hint: String,
 }
 
-/// Internal surrogate for `Match`, before a Hint has been associated.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct RawMatch<'a> {
-    pub x: i32,
-    pub y: i32,
-    pub pattern: &'a str,
-    pub text: &'a str,
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/src/textbuf/raw_match.rs b/src/textbuf/raw_match.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7da45ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/textbuf/raw_match.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/// Internal surrogate for `Match`, before a Hint has been associated.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(super) struct RawMatch<'a> {
+    pub x: i32,
+    pub y: i32,
+    pub pattern: &'a str,
+    pub text: &'a str,
+}