diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/PluginBase.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/PluginBase.php
index 3eef192..41e2976 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/PluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/PluginBase.php
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ public function globalTokenReplace($string = '', array $options = array()) {
 
   /**
    * Replaces Views' tokens in a given string. It is the responsibility of the
-   * calling function to ensure $text and $token replacements are sanitized.
+   * calling function to sanitize $text and $token replacements are sanitized
+   * before being used in output.
    *
    * This used to be a simple strtr() scattered throughout the code. Some Views
    * tokens, such as arguments (e.g.: %1 or !1), still use the old format so we
@@ -307,13 +308,12 @@ public function globalTokenReplace($string = '', array $options = array()) {
    *
    * @return String
    */
-  protected function viewsTokenReplace($text, $tokens) {
+  public function viewsTokenReplace($text, $tokens) {
     if (empty($tokens)) {
       return $text;
     }
 
-    // Separate Twig tokens from other tokens (e.g.: contextual filter tokens in
-    // the form of %1).
+    // Separate Twig tokens from argument tokens.
     $twig_tokens = array();
     $other_tokens = array();
     foreach ($tokens as $token => $replacement) {