diff --git a/netmap/context.go b/netmap/context.go
index bce1a2c0..e0d9d5cc 100644
--- a/netmap/context.go
+++ b/netmap/context.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/hrw"
 )
 
-// Context contains references to named filters and cached numeric values.
-type Context struct {
+// context contains references to named filters and cached numeric values.
+type context struct {
 	// Netmap is a netmap structure to operate on.
 	Netmap *Netmap
 	// Filters stores processed filters.
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ var (
 	ErrUnnamedTopFilter  = errors.New("netmap: all filters on top level must be named")
 )
 
-// NewContext creates new context. It contains various caches.
+// newContext creates new context. It contains various caches.
 // In future it may create hierarchical netmap structure to work with.
-func NewContext(nm *Netmap) *Context {
-	return &Context{
+func newContext(nm *Netmap) *context {
+	return &context{
 		Netmap:     nm,
 		Filters:    make(map[string]*Filter),
 		Selectors:  make(map[string]*Selector),
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ func NewContext(nm *Netmap) *Context {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *Context) setPivot(pivot []byte) {
+func (c *context) setPivot(pivot []byte) {
 	if len(pivot) != 0 {
 		c.pivot = pivot
 		c.pivotHash = hrw.Hash(pivot)
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *Context) setCBF(cbf uint32) {
+func (c *context) setCBF(cbf uint32) {
 	if cbf == 0 {
 		c.cbf = defaultCBF
 	} else {
diff --git a/netmap/filter.go b/netmap/filter.go
index 3492fac3..68e6c9ee 100644
--- a/netmap/filter.go
+++ b/netmap/filter.go
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ type Filter netmap.Filter
 const MainFilterName = "*"
 
 // applyFilter applies named filter to b.
-func (c *Context) applyFilter(name string, b *Node) bool {
+func (c *context) applyFilter(name string, b *Node) bool {
 	return name == MainFilterName || c.match(c.Filters[name], b)
 }
 
 // processFilters processes filters and returns error is any of them is invalid.
-func (c *Context) processFilters(p *PlacementPolicy) error {
+func (c *context) processFilters(p *PlacementPolicy) error {
 	filters := p.Filters()
 	for i := range filters {
 		if err := c.processFilter(&filters[i], true); err != nil {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (c *Context) processFilters(p *PlacementPolicy) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Context) processFilter(f *Filter, top bool) error {
+func (c *context) processFilter(f *Filter, top bool) error {
 	if f == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: FILTER", ErrMissingField)
 	}
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (c *Context) processFilter(f *Filter, top bool) error {
 // match matches f against b. It returns no errors because
 // filter should have been parsed during context creation
 // and missing node properties are considered as a regular fail.
-func (c *Context) match(f *Filter, b *Node) bool {
+func (c *context) match(f *Filter, b *Node) bool {
 	switch f.Operation() {
 	case OpAND, OpOR:
 		for _, lf := range f.InnerFilters() {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (c *Context) match(f *Filter, b *Node) bool {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *Context) matchKeyValue(f *Filter, b *Node) bool {
+func (c *context) matchKeyValue(f *Filter, b *Node) bool {
 	switch f.Operation() {
 	case OpEQ:
 		return b.Attribute(f.Key()) == f.Value()
diff --git a/netmap/filter_test.go b/netmap/filter_test.go
index 517bc9ef..f955ee5a 100644
--- a/netmap/filter_test.go
+++ b/netmap/filter_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestContext_ProcessFilters(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	nm, err := NewNetmap(nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	c := NewContext(nm)
+	c := newContext(nm)
 	p := newPlacementPolicy(1, nil, nil, fs)
 	require.NoError(t, c.processFilters(p))
 	require.Equal(t, 3, len(c.Filters))
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestContext_ProcessFiltersInvalid(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tc := range errTestCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			c := NewContext(new(Netmap))
+			c := newContext(new(Netmap))
 			p := newPlacementPolicy(1, nil, nil, []Filter{tc.filter})
 			err := c.processFilters(p)
 			require.True(t, errors.Is(err, tc.err), "got: %v", err)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestFilter_MatchSimple_InvalidOp(t *testing.T) {
 	}}
 
 	f := newFilter("Main", "Rating", "5", OpEQ)
-	c := NewContext(new(Netmap))
+	c := newContext(new(Netmap))
 	p := newPlacementPolicy(1, nil, nil, []Filter{f})
 	require.NoError(t, c.processFilters(p))
 
diff --git a/netmap/netmap.go b/netmap/netmap.go
index 5aaefc62..c4e2f131 100644
--- a/netmap/netmap.go
+++ b/netmap/netmap.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (m *Netmap) GetPlacementVectors(cnt ContainerNodes, pivot []byte) ([]Nodes,
 // Order of returned nodes corresponds to order of replicas in p.
 // pivot is a seed for HRW sorting.
 func (m *Netmap) GetContainerNodes(p *PlacementPolicy, pivot []byte) (ContainerNodes, error) {
-	c := NewContext(m)
+	c := newContext(m)
 	c.setPivot(pivot)
 	c.setCBF(p.ContainerBackupFactor())
 
diff --git a/netmap/selector.go b/netmap/selector.go
index eb69fe8b..1dc6b0d8 100644
--- a/netmap/selector.go
+++ b/netmap/selector.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 type Selector netmap.Selector
 
 // processSelectors processes selectors and returns error is any of them is invalid.
-func (c *Context) processSelectors(p *PlacementPolicy) error {
+func (c *context) processSelectors(p *PlacementPolicy) error {
 	selectors := p.Selectors()
 	for i, s := range selectors {
 		if s.Filter() != MainFilterName {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func GetNodesCount(_ *PlacementPolicy, s *Selector) (int, int) {
 
 // getSelection returns nodes grouped by s.attribute.
 // Last argument specifies if more buckets can be used to fulfill CBF.
-func (c *Context) getSelection(p *PlacementPolicy, s *Selector) ([]Nodes, error) {
+func (c *context) getSelection(p *PlacementPolicy, s *Selector) ([]Nodes, error) {
 	bucketCount, nodesInBucket := GetNodesCount(p, s)
 	buckets := c.getSelectionBase(p.SubnetID(), s)
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ type nodeAttrPair struct {
 
 // getSelectionBase returns nodes grouped by selector attribute.
 // It it guaranteed that each pair will contain at least one node.
-func (c *Context) getSelectionBase(subnetID *subnetid.ID, s *Selector) []nodeAttrPair {
+func (c *context) getSelectionBase(subnetID *subnetid.ID, s *Selector) []nodeAttrPair {
 	f := c.Filters[s.Filter()]
 	isMain := s.Filter() == MainFilterName
 	result := []nodeAttrPair{}
diff --git a/netmap/selector_test.go b/netmap/selector_test.go
index 264cb0a0..4d31b464 100644
--- a/netmap/selector_test.go
+++ b/netmap/selector_test.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func TestPlacementPolicy_ProcessSelectors(t *testing.T) {
 
 	nm, err := NewNetmap(NodesFromInfo(nodes))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	c := NewContext(nm)
+	c := newContext(nm)
 	c.setCBF(p.ContainerBackupFactor())
 	require.NoError(t, c.processFilters(p))
 	require.NoError(t, c.processSelectors(p))