diff --git a/chips/src/com/android/ex/chips/RecipientEditTextView.java b/chips/src/com/android/ex/chips/RecipientEditTextView.java
index 4347202..a2e037f 100644
--- a/chips/src/com/android/ex/chips/RecipientEditTextView.java
+++ b/chips/src/com/android/ex/chips/RecipientEditTextView.java
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@
             return null;
         }
         if (isPhoneQuery() && isPhoneNumber(token)) {
-            return RecipientEntry.constructFakeEntry(token, true);
+            return RecipientEntry.constructFakePhoneEntry(token, true);
         }
         Rfc822Token[] tokens = Rfc822Tokenizer.tokenize(token);
         String display = null;
diff --git a/chips/src/com/android/ex/chips/RecipientEntry.java b/chips/src/com/android/ex/chips/RecipientEntry.java
index f7155b0..44bc767 100644
--- a/chips/src/com/android/ex/chips/RecipientEntry.java
+++ b/chips/src/com/android/ex/chips/RecipientEntry.java
@@ -118,6 +118,16 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Construct a RecipientEntry from just a phone number.
+     */
+    public static RecipientEntry constructFakePhoneEntry(final String phoneNumber,
+            final boolean isValid) {
+        return new RecipientEntry(ENTRY_TYPE_PERSON, phoneNumber, phoneNumber,
+                INVALID_DESTINATION_TYPE, null,
+                INVALID_CONTACT, INVALID_CONTACT, null, true, isValid);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * @return the display name for the entry.  If the display name source is larger than
      * {@link DisplayNameSources#PHONE} we use the contact's display name, but if not,
      * i.e. the display name came from an email address or a phone number, we don't use it