diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProviderAttribute.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProviderAttribute.cs
index 39bb8db8dc..f94cee537d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProviderAttribute.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProviderAttribute.cs
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ using System.Text;
 using Umbraco.Core.CodeAnnotations;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
-{
-	[UmbracoExperimentalFeature("http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-1156", "Will be declared public after 4.10")]
+{	
     [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = false)]
-    internal class FileSystemProviderAttribute : Attribute
+    public class FileSystemProviderAttribute : Attribute
     {
-        public string Alias { get; set; }
+        public string Alias { get; private set; }
 
         public FileSystemProviderAttribute(string alias)
         {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProvider.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProviderConstants.cs
similarity index 56%
rename from src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProvider.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProviderConstants.cs
index 1f6013078f..a447c4df8e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProviderConstants.cs
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.CodeAnnotations;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
 {
-	[UmbracoExperimentalFeature("http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-1156", "Will be declared public after 4.10")]
-    internal class FileSystemProvider
+    internal class FileSystemProviderConstants
     {
         public const string Media = "media";
     }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProviderManager.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProviderManager.cs
index 5654e764d6..cb18454fb8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProviderManager.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/IO/FileSystemProviderManager.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ using Umbraco.Core.CodeAnnotations;
 using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
-{
-	[UmbracoExperimentalFeature("http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-1156", "Will be declared public after 4.10")]
-    internal class FileSystemProviderManager
+{	
+    public class FileSystemProviderManager
     {
         private readonly FileSystemProvidersSection _config;
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
 
         #region Constructors
 
-        public FileSystemProviderManager()
+        internal FileSystemProviderManager()
         {
             _config = (FileSystemProvidersSection)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("FileSystemProviders");
         }
@@ -48,7 +47,15 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
 		private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, ProviderConstructionInfo> _providerLookup = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, ProviderConstructionInfo>();
 		private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<Type, string> _wrappedProviderLookup = new ConcurrentDictionary<Type, string>(); 
 
-        public IFileSystem GetFileSystemProvider(string alias)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the underlying (non-typed) file system provider for the alias specified
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="alias"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// It is recommended to use the typed GetFileSystemProvider method instead to get a strongly typed provider instance.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public IFileSystem GetUnderlyingFileSystemProvider(string alias)
         {
 			//either get the constructor info from cache or create it and add to cache
 	        var ctorInfo = _providerLookup.GetOrAdd(alias, s =>
@@ -88,6 +95,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
 	        return fs;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the strongly typed file system provider
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="TProviderTypeFilter"></typeparam>
+        /// <returns></returns>
         public TProviderTypeFilter GetFileSystemProvider<TProviderTypeFilter>()
 			where TProviderTypeFilter : FileSystemWrapper
         {
@@ -111,7 +123,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
 			        return attr.Alias;
 		        });
 			
-            var innerFs = GetFileSystemProvider(alias);
+            var innerFs = GetUnderlyingFileSystemProvider(alias);
 	        var outputFs = Activator.CreateInstance(typeof (TProviderTypeFilter), innerFs);
 	        return (TProviderTypeFilter)outputFs;
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 3e4320b356..4b8af40d09 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     <Compile Include="IfExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PluginManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IO\FileSecurityException.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="IO\FileSystemProvider.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="IO\FileSystemProviderConstants.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IO\FileSystemProviderManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IO\IFileSystem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IO\IOHelper.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/IO/FileSystemProviderManagerTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/IO/FileSystemProviderManagerTests.cs
index 28706303d3..48d5819ebb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/IO/FileSystemProviderManagerTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/IO/FileSystemProviderManagerTests.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.IO
         [Test]
         public void Can_Get_Base_File_System()
         {
-            var fs = FileSystemProviderManager.Current.GetFileSystemProvider(FileSystemProvider.Media);
+            var fs = FileSystemProviderManager.Current.GetUnderlyingFileSystemProvider(FileSystemProviderConstants.Media);
 
             Assert.NotNull(fs);
         }