diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d8831602d..e2bd6ec8b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
 ### Changed
-* Asscociated type `FromRequest::Config` was removed. [#2233]
+* Associated type `FromRequest::Config` was removed. [#2233]
+* Inner field made private on `web::Payload`. [#????]
 
 [#2233]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2233
+[#????]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/????
+
 
 ## 4.0.0-beta.9 - 2021-09-09
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/types/payload.rs b/src/types/payload.rs
index 46ad96beb..00047e8b1 100644
--- a/src/types/payload.rs
+++ b/src/types/payload.rs
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ use crate::{
 ///     Ok(format!("Request Body Bytes:\n{:?}", bytes))
 /// }
 /// ```
-pub struct Payload(pub crate::dev::Payload);
+pub struct Payload(crate::dev::Payload);
 
 impl Payload {
     /// Unwrap to inner Payload type.
+    #[inline]
     pub fn into_inner(self) -> crate::dev::Payload {
         self.0
     }