diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/mod.rs
index a35f0989f..cd90467cf 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/mod.rs
@@ -690,11 +690,13 @@ pub enum SlidingSyncState {
 /// The mode by which the the [`SlidingSyncView`] is in fetching the data.
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum SlidingSyncMode {
-    /// fully sync all rooms in the background, page by page of `batch_size`
+    /// Fully sync all rooms in the background, page by page of `batch_size`,
+    /// like `0..20`, `21..40`, 41..60` etc. assuming the `batch_size` is 20.
     #[serde(alias = "FullSync")]
     PagingFullSync,
-    /// fully sync all rooms in the background, with a growing window of
-    /// `batch_size`,
+    /// Fully sync all rooms in the background, with a growing window of
+    /// `batch_size`, like `0..20`, `0..40`, `0..60` etc. assuming the
+    /// `batch_size` is 20.
     GrowingFullSync,
     /// Only sync the specific windows defined
     #[default]
@@ -764,8 +766,9 @@ pub struct SlidingSync {
     /// The storage key to keep this cache at and load it from
     storage_key: Option<String>,
 
-    // ------ Internal state
-    pub(crate) pos: Mutable<Option<String>>,
+    /// The `pos` marker.
+    pos: Mutable<Option<String>>,
+
     delta_token: Mutable<Option<String>>,
 
     /// The views of this sliding sync instance
@@ -1151,11 +1154,14 @@ impl SlidingSync {
                 match self.sync_once(&mut views).instrument(sync_span.clone()).await {
                     Ok(Some(updates)) => {
                         self.failure_count.store(0, Ordering::SeqCst);
+
                         yield Ok(updates)
-                    },
+                    }
+
                     Ok(None) => {
                         break;
                     }
+
                     Err(e) => {
                         if e.client_api_error_kind() == Some(&ErrorKind::UnknownPos) {
                             // session expired, let's reset
@@ -1187,6 +1193,19 @@ impl SlidingSync {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "testing"))]
+impl SlidingSync {
+    /// Get a copy of the `pos` value.
+    pub fn pos(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.pos.get_cloned()
+    }
+
+    /// Set a new value for `pos`.
+    pub fn set_pos(&self, new_pos: String) {
+        self.pos.set(Some(new_pos))
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use ruma::room_id;
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/test_utils.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/test_utils.rs
index 30ebe50fe..53efd0d34 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 use matrix_sdk_base::Session;
 use ruma::{api::MatrixVersion, device_id, user_id};
 
-#[cfg(feature = "experimental-sliding-sync")]
-use crate::sliding_sync::SlidingSync;
 use crate::{config::RequestConfig, Client, ClientBuilder};
 
 pub(crate) fn test_client_builder(homeserver_url: Option<String>) -> ClientBuilder {
@@ -33,9 +31,3 @@ pub(crate) async fn logged_in_client(homeserver_url: Option<String>) -> Client {
 
     client
 }
-
-/// Force a specific pos-value to be used for the given sliding-sync instance.
-#[cfg(feature = "experimental-sliding-sync")]
-pub fn force_sliding_sync_pos(sliding_sync: &SlidingSync, new_pos: String) {
-    sliding_sync.pos.set(Some(new_pos));
-}
diff --git a/testing/sliding-sync-integration-test/src/lib.rs b/testing/sliding-sync-integration-test/src/lib.rs
index 12e2a1741..59fd3995d 100644
--- a/testing/sliding-sync-integration-test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/testing/sliding-sync-integration-test/src/lib.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ mod tests {
             api::client::error::ErrorKind as RumaError,
             events::room::message::RoomMessageEventContent, UInt,
         },
-        test_utils::force_sliding_sync_pos,
         SlidingSyncMode, SlidingSyncState, SlidingSyncView,
     };
 
@@ -1042,7 +1041,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
 
         // force the pos to be invalid and thus this being reset internally
-        force_sliding_sync_pos(&sync_proxy, "100".to_owned());
+        sync_proxy.set_pos("100".to_string());
         let mut error_seen = false;
 
         for _n in 0..2 {
@@ -1249,7 +1248,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(room_updated, "Room update has not been seen");
 
         // force the pos to be invalid and thus this being reset internally
-        force_sliding_sync_pos(&sync_proxy, "100".to_owned());
+        sync_proxy.set_pos("100".to_owned());
 
         let mut error_seen = false;
         let mut room_updated = false;