diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/Gossiper.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/Gossiper.java
index 5b5f7a4..b1c81e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/Gossiper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/Gossiper.java
@@ -77,17 +77,20 @@ public class Gossiper implements GossiperMBean {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
     public long getEndpointDowntime(String address) throws UnknownHostException {
         log(" getEndpointDowntime(String address) throws UnknownHostException");
         return c.getLongValue("gossiper/downtime/" + address);
     }
 
+    @Override
     public int getCurrentGenerationNumber(String address)
             throws UnknownHostException {
         log(" getCurrentGenerationNumber(String address) throws UnknownHostException");
         return c.getIntValue("gossiper/generation_number/" + address);
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void unsafeAssassinateEndpoint(String address)
             throws UnknownHostException {
         log(" unsafeAssassinateEndpoint(String address) throws UnknownHostException");
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ public class Gossiper implements GossiperMBean {
         c.post("gossiper/assassinate/" + address, queryParams);
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void assassinateEndpoint(String address) throws UnknownHostException {
         log(" assassinateEndpoint(String address) throws UnknownHostException");
         c.post("gossiper/assassinate/" + address, null);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/GossiperMBean.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/GossiperMBean.java
index 521fd21..c4b244c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/GossiperMBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/cassandra/gms/GossiperMBean.java
@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ public interface GossiperMBean
 
     public void unsafeAssassinateEndpoint(String address) throws UnknownHostException;
 
+    public void assassinateEndpoint(String address) throws UnknownHostException;
+
 }
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