diff --git a/components/console/argtable3/argtable3.c b/components/console/argtable3/argtable3.c
index b654470f51..f3772f1a9b 100644
--- a/components/console/argtable3/argtable3.c
+++ b/components/console/argtable3/argtable3.c
@@ -4759,7 +4759,6 @@ void arg_print_glossary(FILE *fp, void * *argtable, const char *format)
  *
  * Author: Uli Fouquet
  */
-static
 void arg_print_formatted( FILE *fp,
                           const unsigned lmargin,
                           const unsigned rmargin,
diff --git a/components/console/argtable3/argtable3.h b/components/console/argtable3/argtable3.h
index 1107de250b..37a321fb53 100644
--- a/components/console/argtable3/argtable3.h
+++ b/components/console/argtable3/argtable3.h
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ void arg_print_glossary(FILE *fp, void **argtable, const char *format);
 void arg_print_glossary_gnu(FILE *fp, void **argtable);
 void arg_print_errors(FILE* fp, struct arg_end* end, const char* progname);
 void arg_freetable(void **argtable, size_t n);
+void arg_print_formatted(FILE *fp, const unsigned lmargin, const unsigned rmargin, const char *text);
 
 /**** deprecated functions, for back-compatibility only ********/
 void arg_free(void **argtable);