diff --git a/components/tcp_transport/include/esp_transport.h b/components/tcp_transport/include/esp_transport.h
index f1f95ef6b8..c8c14e25a7 100644
--- a/components/tcp_transport/include/esp_transport.h
+++ b/components/tcp_transport/include/esp_transport.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ esp_transport_list_handle_t esp_transport_list_init(void);
 esp_err_t esp_transport_list_destroy(esp_transport_list_handle_t list);
 
 /**
- * @brief      Add a transport to the list, and define a scheme to indentify this transport in the list
+ * @brief      Add a transport to the list, and define a scheme to identify this transport in the list
  *
  * @param[in]  list    The list
  * @param[in]  t       The Transport
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_transport_set_parent_transport_func(esp_transport_handle_t t, payl
  *             Warning: The returned pointer is valid only as long as esp_transport_handle_t exists. Once transport
  *             handle gets destroyed, this value (esp_tls_error_handle_t) is freed automatically.
  *
- * @param[in]  A transport handle
+ * @param[in] t The transport handle
  *
  * @return
  *            - valid pointer of esp_error_handle_t
@@ -354,6 +354,15 @@ esp_tls_error_handle_t esp_transport_get_error_handle(esp_transport_handle_t t);
  */
 int esp_transport_get_errno(esp_transport_handle_t t);
 
+/**
+ * @brief      Get the underlying socket from the transport
+ *
+ * @param[in] t The transport handle
+ *
+ * @return socket descriptor
+ */
+int esp_transport_get_socket(esp_transport_handle_t t);
+
 /**
  * @brief Translates the TCP transport error codes to esp_err_t error codes
  *
diff --git a/components/tcp_transport/private_include/esp_transport_internal.h b/components/tcp_transport/private_include/esp_transport_internal.h
index 9e87d706b1..6556ad3e45 100644
--- a/components/tcp_transport/private_include/esp_transport_internal.h
+++ b/components/tcp_transport/private_include/esp_transport_internal.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -116,16 +116,6 @@ void esp_transport_destroy_foundation_transport(esp_foundation_transport_t *foun
  */
 void capture_tcp_transport_error(esp_transport_handle_t t, enum esp_tcp_transport_err_t error);
 
-/**
- * @brief Returns underlying socket for the supplied transport handle
- *
- * @param t Transport handle
- *
- * @return Socket file descriptor in case of success
- *         -1 in case of error
- */
-int esp_transport_get_socket(esp_transport_handle_t t);
-
 /**
  * @brief      Captures the current errno
  *
diff --git a/components/tcp_transport/test_apps/main/test_transport_fixtures.c b/components/tcp_transport/test_apps/main/test_transport_fixtures.c
index 2e27e8c62c..225af7b809 100644
--- a/components/tcp_transport/test_apps/main/test_transport_fixtures.c
+++ b/components/tcp_transport/test_apps/main/test_transport_fixtures.c
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 #define CONNECT_TASK_PRIORITY  (LISTENER_TASK_PRIORITY+1)
 #define CONNECT_TASK_PRIORITY_LOWER (LISTENER_TASK_PRIORITY-2)
 
-// This is a private API of the tcp transport, but needed for socket operation tests
-int esp_transport_get_socket(esp_transport_handle_t t);
-
 /**
  * @brief Event flags for synchronization between the listener task, the connection task and the test task
  */