diff --git a/pelican/contents.py b/pelican/contents.py
index 4d313ab8b..4397d424a 100644
--- a/pelican/contents.py
+++ b/pelican/contents.py
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ def replacer(m):
 
         return hrefs.sub(replacer, content)
 
+    def get_siteurl(self):
+        return self._context.get('localsiteurl', '')
+
     @memoized
     def get_content(self, siteurl):
         if hasattr(self, '_get_content'):
@@ -281,22 +284,19 @@ def get_content(self, siteurl):
             content = self._content
         return self._update_content(content, siteurl)
 
-    def get_siteurl(self):
-        return self._context.get('localsiteurl', '')
-
     @property
     def content(self):
         return self.get_content(self.get_siteurl())
 
-    def _get_summary(self):
+    @memoized
+    def get_summary(self, siteurl):
         """Returns the summary of an article.
 
         This is based on the summary metadata if set, otherwise truncate the
         content.
         """
         if hasattr(self, '_summary'):
-            return self._update_content(self._summary,
-                                        self.get_siteurl())
+            return self._update_content(self._summary, siteurl)
 
         if self.settings['SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH'] is None:
             return self.content
@@ -304,15 +304,17 @@ def _get_summary(self):
         return truncate_html_words(self.content,
                                    self.settings['SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH'])
 
-    @memoized
-    def get_summary(self, siteurl):
-        """uses siteurl to be memoizable"""
-        return self._get_summary()
-
     @property
     def summary(self):
         return self.get_summary(self.get_siteurl())
 
+    def _get_summary(self):
+        """deprecated function to access summary"""
+
+        logger.warn('_get_summary() has been deprecated since 3.6.4. '
+                    'Use the summary decorator instead')
+        return self.summary
+
     @summary.setter
     def summary(self, value):
         """Dummy function"""
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
index 59cff8447..1bceeb64b 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 TEST_SUMMARY = generate_lorem_ipsum(n=1, html=False)
 
 
-class TestPage(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestPage(LoggedTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestPage, self).setUp()
@@ -41,9 +41,19 @@ def setUp(self):
             },
             'source_path': '/path/to/file/foo.ext'
         }
+        self._disable_limit_filter()
 
     def tearDown(self):
         locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, self.old_locale)
+        self._enable_limit_filter()
+
+    def _disable_limit_filter(self):
+        from pelican.contents import logger
+        logger.disable_filter()
+
+    def _enable_limit_filter(self):
+        from pelican.contents import logger
+        logger.enable_filter()
 
     def test_use_args(self):
         # Creating a page with arguments passed to the constructor should use
@@ -87,6 +97,18 @@ def test_summary_max_length(self):
         page = Page(**page_kwargs)
         self.assertEqual(page.summary, '')
 
+    def test_summary_get_summary_warning(self):
+        """calling ._get_summary() should issue a warning"""
+        page_kwargs = self._copy_page_kwargs()
+        page = Page(**page_kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(page.summary, TEST_SUMMARY)
+        self.assertEqual(page._get_summary(), TEST_SUMMARY)
+        self.assertLogCountEqual(
+                count=1,
+                msg="_get_summary\(\) has been deprecated since 3\.6\.4\. "
+                    "Use the summary decorator instead",
+                level=logging.WARNING)
+
     def test_slug(self):
         page_kwargs = self._copy_page_kwargs()
         settings = get_settings()