diff --git a/django/contrib/messages/api.py b/django/contrib/messages/api.py
index 715973761e..65fd188bf0 100644
--- a/django/contrib/messages/api.py
+++ b/django/contrib/messages/api.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.utils.functional import lazy, memoize
 
 __all__ = (
     'add_message', 'get_messages',
+    'get_level', 'set_level',
     'debug', 'info', 'success', 'warning', 'error',
 )
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/messages/tests/base.py b/django/contrib/messages/tests/base.py
index 8be2e018ff..2dea5a46d0 100644
--- a/django/contrib/messages/tests/base.py
+++ b/django/contrib/messages/tests/base.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ from django import http
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy
-from django.contrib.messages import constants, utils
-from django.contrib.messages.api import MessageFailure, get_level, set_level
+from django.contrib.messages import constants, utils, get_level, set_level
+from django.contrib.messages.api import MessageFailure
 from django.contrib.messages.storage import default_storage, base
 from django.contrib.messages.storage.base import Message
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse