diff --git a/.changeset/seven-dots-serve.md b/.changeset/seven-dots-serve.md
index 1518fb20cc..f48ab1f19c 100644
--- a/.changeset/seven-dots-serve.md
+++ b/.changeset/seven-dots-serve.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 '@backstage/plugin-catalog': minor
 ---
 
-Exported `defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc` to create a seam for defining the columns in `<CatalogTable />` of some Kinds while using the default columns for the others.
+Exported `CatalogTable.defaultColumnsFunc` to create a seam for defining the columns in `<CatalogTable />` of some Kinds while using the default columns for the others.
 This is useful for defining the columns of a custom Kind or to redefine the columns for a built-in Kind.
 
 ```diff
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
   catalogPlugin,
 +  CatalogTable,
 +  CatalogTableColumnsFunc,
-+  defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog';
 
 + const myColumnsFunc: CatalogTableColumnsFunc = (entityListContext) => {
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ import {
 +     ];
 +   }
 +
-+   return defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc(entityListContext);
++   return CatalogTable.defaultColumnsFunc(entityListContext);
 + };
 
 ...
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog/api-report.md
index 718e974302..feda3fd70d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog/api-report.md
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ export const CatalogTable: {
     ): TableColumn<CatalogTableRow>;
     createNamespaceColumn(): TableColumn<CatalogTableRow>;
   }>;
+  defaultColumnsFunc: CatalogTableColumnsFunc;
 };
 
 // @public
@@ -245,9 +246,6 @@ export interface DefaultCatalogPageProps {
   tableOptions?: TableProps<CatalogTableRow>['options'];
 }
 
-// @public (undocumented)
-export const defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc: CatalogTableColumnsFunc;
-
 // @public
 export class DefaultEntityPresentationApi implements EntityPresentationApi {
   static create(
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
index d21cca27c6..7da12d7138 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ export const CatalogTable = (props: CatalogTableProps) => {
 };
 
 CatalogTable.columns = columnFactories;
+CatalogTable.defaultColumnsFunc = defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc;
 
 function toEntityRow(entity: Entity) {
   const partOfSystemRelations = getEntityRelations(entity, RELATION_PART_OF, {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc.tsx
index 5948dedee6..85f44d3f51 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import { TableColumn } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { columnFactories } from './columns';
 import { CatalogTableColumnsFunc, CatalogTableRow } from './types';
 
+// The defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc symbol is not directly exported, but through the
+// CatalogTable.defaultColumnsFunc field.
 /** @public */
 export const defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc: CatalogTableColumnsFunc = ({
   filters,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/index.ts b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/index.ts
index d69ed0b3a2..f5d1ca1bb7 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@
  */
 
 export { CatalogTable } from './CatalogTable';
-export { defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc } from './defaultCatalogTableColumnsFunc';
 export type { CatalogTableProps } from './CatalogTable';
 export type { CatalogTableRow, CatalogTableColumnsFunc } from './types';