diff --git a/src/StaticLint.jl b/src/StaticLint.jl
index c13028e1..00a53327 100644
--- a/src/StaticLint.jl
+++ b/src/StaticLint.jl
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function (state::Toplevel)(x::EXPR)
     if state.modified_exprs !== nothing && x in state.modified_exprs
         state.in_modified_expr = true
     end
-    if CSTParser.defines_function(x) || CSTParser.defines_macro(x) || headof(x) === :export
+    if CSTParser.defines_function(x) || CSTParser.defines_macro(x) || headof(x) === :export || headof(x) === :public
         if state.in_modified_expr
             push!(state.delayed, x)
         else
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ function (state::Delayed)(x::EXPR)
     mark_globals(x, state)
     handle_macro(x, state)
     s0 = scopes(x, state)
+
     resolve_ref(x, state)
 
     old = flag!(state, x)
diff --git a/src/bindings.jl b/src/bindings.jl
index 8efa53a2..3e862976 100644
--- a/src/bindings.jl
+++ b/src/bindings.jl
@@ -11,16 +11,18 @@ mutable struct Binding
     val::Union{Binding,EXPR,SymbolServer.SymStore,Nothing}
     type::Union{Binding,SymbolServer.SymStore,Nothing}
     refs::Vector{Any}
+    is_public::Bool
 end
-Binding(x::EXPR) = Binding(CSTParser.get_name(x), x, nothing, [])
+Binding(x::EXPR) = Binding(CSTParser.get_name(x), x, nothing, [], false)
+Binding(name, val, type, refs) = Binding(name, val, type, refs, false)
 
 function Base.show(io::IO, b::Binding)
     printstyled(io, " Binding(", to_codeobject(b.name),
-        b.type === nothing ? "" : ":: ",
-        b.refs isa Vector ? "($(length(b.refs)) refs))" : ")", color=:blue)
+        b.is_public ? "ᵖ" : "",
+        b.type === nothing ? "" : "::($(b.type))",
+        b.refs isa Vector ? " ($(length(b.refs)) refs))" : ")", color=:blue)
 end
 
-
 hasbinding(x::EXPR) = hasmeta(x) && hasbinding(x.meta)
 bindingof(x) = nothing
 bindingof(x::EXPR) = bindingof(x.meta)
diff --git a/src/references.jl b/src/references.jl
index 582242be..7fc68b5c 100644
--- a/src/references.jl
+++ b/src/references.jl
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ function resolve_ref(x::EXPR, scope::Scope, state::State)::Bool
     mn === nothing && return true
 
     if scopehasbinding(scope, mn)
+        if x.parent.head === :public
+            scope.names[mn].is_public = true
+        end
         setref!(x, scope.names[mn])
         resolved = true
     elseif scope.modules isa Dict && length(scope.modules) > 0