diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/AutoCompleteHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/AutoCompleteHelper.cs
index b01b9f73..bef773fe 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/AutoCompleteHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/AutoCompleteHelper.cs
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.LanguageServices
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a static instance of an empty completion list to avoid
-        // unneeded memory allocations
+        /// unneeded memory allocations
         /// </summary>
         internal static CompletionItem[] EmptyCompletionList
         {
@@ -345,9 +345,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.LanguageServices
         /// <summary>
         /// Retrieves the reserved word list 
         /// </summary>
-        public static string[] GetReservedWordList()
+        internal static string[] GetReservedWordList
         {
-            return DefaultCompletionText;
+            get 
+            {
+                return AutoCompleteHelper.DefaultCompletionText;   
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks whether a given word is in the reserved
+        /// word list or not
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool IsReservedWord(string text)
+        {
+            int pos = Array.IndexOf(DefaultCompletionText, text.ToLower());
+            return pos > -1;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/Completion/SqlCompletionItem.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/Completion/SqlCompletionItem.cs
index 33108d97..49e3fd44 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/Completion/SqlCompletionItem.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/LanguageServices/Completion/SqlCompletionItem.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.LanguageServices.Completion
         {
             InsertText = GetCompletionItemInsertName();
             Label = DeclarationTitle;
-            if (StartsWithBracket(TokenText) || IsReservedWord(InsertText))
+            if (StartsWithBracket(TokenText) || AutoCompleteHelper.IsReservedWord(InsertText))
             {
                 Label = WithBracket(Label);
                 InsertText = WithBracket(InsertText);
@@ -203,12 +203,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.LanguageServices.Completion
                 return text;
             }
         }
-
-        private bool IsReservedWord(string text)
-        {
-            string[] ReservedWords = AutoCompleteHelper.GetReservedWordList();
-            int pos = Array.IndexOf(ReservedWords, text.ToLower());
-            return pos > -1 ? true : false;
-        }
     }
 }