2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/com/google/doclava/Doclava.java b/src/com/google/doclava/Doclava.java
index e2f7d88..23ede5f 100644
--- a/src/com/google/doclava/Doclava.java
+++ b/src/com/google/doclava/Doclava.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public class Doclava {
   public static HashSet<String> knownTags = new HashSet<String>();
   public static FederationTagger federationTagger = new FederationTagger();
   public static Set<String> showAnnotations = new HashSet<String>();
+  public static boolean showAnnotationOverridesVisibility = false;
   public static Set<String> hiddenPackages = new HashSet<String>();
   public static boolean includeDefaultAssets = true;
   private static boolean generateDocs = true;
@@ -213,6 +214,8 @@ public class Doclava {
         keepListFile = a[1];
       } else if (a[0].equals("-showAnnotation")) {
         showAnnotations.add(a[1]);
+      } else if (a[0].equals("-showAnnotationOverridesVisibility")) {
+        showAnnotationOverridesVisibility = true;
       } else if (a[0].equals("-hidePackage")) {
         hiddenPackages.add(a[1]);
       } else if (a[0].equals("-proguard")) {
@@ -589,6 +592,9 @@ public class Doclava {
     if (option.equals("-showAnnotation")) {
       return 2;
     }
+    if (option.equals("-showAnnotationOverridesVisibility")) {
+      return 1;
+    }
     if (option.equals("-hidePackage")) {
       return 2;
     }
diff --git a/src/com/google/doclava/MemberInfo.java b/src/com/google/doclava/MemberInfo.java
index da11360..2d4a682 100644
--- a/src/com/google/doclava/MemberInfo.java
+++ b/src/com/google/doclava/MemberInfo.java
@@ -145,14 +145,16 @@ public abstract class MemberInfo extends DocInfo implements Comparable, Scoped {
 
   /**
    * Returns {@code true} if the member's scope is above the minimum requested scope passed to
-   * Doclava, <emph>or</emph> if the member is tagged with an annotation which was specified in a
-   * "-showAnnotation" argument to Doclava
+   * Doclava.  Provided that the {@code -showAnnotationOverridesVisibility} argument was passed to
+   * Doclava, this will <emph>also</emph> return {@code true} if the member is tagged with an
+   * annotation which was specified in a {@code -showAnnotation} argument to Doclava
    */
   public boolean checkLevel() {
     if (Doclava.checkLevel(mIsPublic, mIsProtected, mIsPackagePrivate, mIsPrivate,
         isHiddenOrRemoved())) {
       return true;
-    } else if (mShowAnnotations != null && !mShowAnnotations.isEmpty()) {
+    } else if (Doclava.showAnnotationOverridesVisibility &&
+        mShowAnnotations != null && !mShowAnnotations.isEmpty()) {
       return true;
     }