diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Flags.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Flags.scala
index cceebe50b219..6561516952db 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Flags.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Flags.scala
@@ -107,19 +107,22 @@ object Flags {
       }
 
     /** The list of non-empty names of flags that are set in this FlagSet */
-    def flagStrings: Seq[String] = {
+    def flagStrings(privateWithin: String): Seq[String] = {
       val rawStrings = (2 to MaxFlag).flatMap(flagString)
-      if (this is Local)
+      val scopeStr =
+        if (this is Local) "this"
+        else privateWithin
+      if (privateWithin != "")
         rawStrings.filter(_ != "<local>").map {
-          case "private" => "private[this]"
-          case "protected" => "protected[this]"
+          case "private" => s"private[$scopeStr]"
+          case "protected" => s"protected[$scopeStr]"
           case str => str
         }
       else rawStrings
     }
 
     /** The string representation of this flag set */
-    override def toString: String = flagStrings.mkString(" ")
+    override def toString: String = flagStrings("").mkString(" ")
   }
 
   def termFlagSet(x: Long) = FlagSet(TERMS | x)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/PlainPrinter.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/PlainPrinter.scala
index 6bf763416406..af638afbe4db 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/PlainPrinter.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/PlainPrinter.scala
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class PlainPrinter(_ctx: Context) extends Printer {
 
   /** String representation of symbol's flags */
   protected def toTextFlags(sym: Symbol): Text =
-    Text(sym.flagsUNSAFE.flagStrings map stringToText, " ")
+    Text(sym.flagsUNSAFE.flagStrings(nameString(sym.privateWithin.name)) map stringToText, " ")
 
   /** String representation of symbol's variance or "" if not applicable */
   protected def varianceString(sym: Symbol): String = varianceString(sym.variance)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala
index d165b9eda205..a5b4a1080afc 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ class RefinedPrinter(_ctx: Context) extends PlainPrinter(_ctx) {
     val rawFlags = if (sym.exists) sym.flags else mods.flags
     if (rawFlags.is(Param)) flagMask = flagMask &~ Given
     val flags = rawFlags & flagMask
-    val flagsText = if (flags.isEmpty) "" else keywordStr(flags.toString)
+    val flagsText = if (flags.isEmpty) "" else keywordStr(flags.flagStrings(nameString(sym.privateWithin.name)).mkString(" "))
     val annotations =
       if (sym.exists) sym.annotations.filterNot(ann => dropAnnotForModText(ann.symbol)).map(_.tree)
       else mods.annotations.filterNot(tree => dropAnnotForModText(tree.symbol))
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ class RefinedPrinter(_ctx: Context) extends PlainPrinter(_ctx) {
     else {
       var flags = sym.flagsUNSAFE
       if (flags is TypeParam) flags = flags &~ Protected
-      Text((flags & PrintableFlags(sym.isType)).flagStrings map (flag => stringToText(keywordStr(flag))), " ")
+      Text((flags & PrintableFlags(sym.isType)).flagStrings(nameString(sym.privateWithin.name)) map (flag => stringToText(keywordStr(flag))), " ")
     }
 
   override def toText(denot: Denotation): Text = denot match {
diff --git a/doc-tool/src/dotty/tools/dottydoc/model/factories.scala b/doc-tool/src/dotty/tools/dottydoc/model/factories.scala
index c74fb3f1212b..51570014b7b6 100644
--- a/doc-tool/src/dotty/tools/dottydoc/model/factories.scala
+++ b/doc-tool/src/dotty/tools/dottydoc/model/factories.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ object factories {
 
   def flags(t: Tree)(implicit ctx: Context): List[String] =
     (t.symbol.flags & (if (t.symbol.isType) TypeSourceModifierFlags else TermSourceModifierFlags))
-      .flagStrings.toList
+      .flagStrings(t.symbol.privateWithin.name.show).toList
       .filter(_ != "<trait>")
       .filter(_ != "interface")
       .filter(_ != "case")