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title: "unexported-return"
description: "Avoid exported APIs returning private types."
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# unexported-return

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**Default severity:** `warning`

Avoid exported APIs returning private types.

## Bad

```go
func NewClient() *client
```

## Good

```go
func NewClient() *Client
```

Source: https://strider.gempir.com/lints/unexported-return/index.mdx