diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index c8142e5..4b6f38d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ Change History
 Improvements:
 
 - `Issue #66`_/`Pull #67`_: Package not marked as py.typed.
+- `Issue #68`_: Exports are considered private.
 - `Issue #70`_/`Pull #71`_: 'Self' string literal type is Unknown in pyright.
 
 
 .. _`Issue #66`: https://github.com/cpburnz/python-pathspec/issues/66
 .. _`Pull #67`: https://github.com/cpburnz/python-pathspec/pull/67
+.. _`Issue #68`: https://github.com/cpburnz/python-pathspec/issues/68
 .. _`Issue #70`: https://github.com/cpburnz/python-pathspec/issues/70
 .. _`Pull #71`: https://github.com/cpburnz/python-pathspec/pull/71
 
diff --git a/pathspec/__init__.py b/pathspec/__init__.py
index 93f06ce..32e03f7 100644
--- a/pathspec/__init__.py
+++ b/pathspec/__init__.py
@@ -6,27 +6,27 @@
 The following classes are imported and made available from the root of
 the `pathspec` package:
 
-- :class:`pathspec.gitignore.GitIgnoreSpec`
+-	:class:`pathspec.gitignore.GitIgnoreSpec`
 
-- :class:`pathspec.pathspec.PathSpec`
+-	:class:`pathspec.pathspec.PathSpec`
 
-- :class:`pathspec.pattern.Pattern`
+-	:class:`pathspec.pattern.Pattern`
 
-- :class:`pathspec.pattern.RegexPattern`
+-	:class:`pathspec.pattern.RegexPattern`
 
-- :class:`pathspec.util.RecursionError`
+-	:class:`pathspec.util.RecursionError`
 
 The following functions are also imported:
 
-- :func:`pathspec.util.lookup_pattern`
+-	:func:`pathspec.util.lookup_pattern`
 
 The following deprecated functions are also imported to maintain
 backward compatibility:
 
-- :func:`pathspec.util.iter_tree` which is an alias for
-  :func:`pathspec.util.iter_tree_files`.
+-	:func:`pathspec.util.iter_tree` which is an alias for
+	:func:`pathspec.util.iter_tree_files`.
 
-- :func:`pathspec.util.match_files`
+-	:func:`pathspec.util.match_files`
 """
 
 from .gitignore import (
@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@
 # Load pattern implementations.
 from . import patterns
 
-# Expose `GitIgnorePattern` class in the root module for backward
-# compatibility with v0.4.
+# DEPRECATED: Expose the `GitIgnorePattern` class in the root module for
+# backward compatibility with v0.4.
 from .patterns.gitwildmatch import GitIgnorePattern
+
+# Declare private imports as part of the public interface. Deprecated
+# imports are deliberately excluded.
+__all__ = [
+	'GitIgnoreSpec',
+	'PathSpec',
+	'Pattern',
+	'RecursionError',
+	'RegexPattern',
+	'__author__',
+	'__copyright__',
+	'__credits__',
+	'__license__',
+	'__version__',
+	'iter_tree',
+	'lookup_pattern',
+	'match_files',
+]
diff --git a/pathspec/patterns/__init__.py b/pathspec/patterns/__init__.py
index 1a0d55e..7360e9c 100644
--- a/pathspec/patterns/__init__.py
+++ b/pathspec/patterns/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
 """
 The *pathspec.patterns* package contains the pattern matching
 implementations.
 """
 
 # Load pattern implementations.
+from . import gitwildmatch
+
+# DEPRECATED: Expose the `GitWildMatchPattern` class in this module for
+# backward compatibility with v0.5.
 from .gitwildmatch import GitWildMatchPattern