diff --git a/django/contrib/messages/__init__.py b/django/contrib/messages/__init__.py
index 40ba6ea6c7..3b62e0ba54 100644
--- a/django/contrib/messages/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/messages/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 from django.contrib.messages.api import *  # NOQA
 from django.contrib.messages.constants import *  # NOQA
+from django.contrib.messages.storage.base import Message  # NOQA
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/messages.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/messages.txt
index b4094c0c13..f5c5621c71 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/messages.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/messages.txt
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ instance of the configured storage backend.
 The ``Message`` class
 ---------------------
 
-.. class:: storage.base.Message
+.. class:: Message
 
     When you loop over the list of messages in a template, what you get are
     instances of the ``Message`` class. They have only a few attributes:
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
index c78bf65cae..e311e902d8 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
@@ -464,9 +464,8 @@ Minor features
 * The :ref:`messages context processor <message-displaying>` now adds a
   dictionary of default levels under the name ``DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LEVELS``.
 
-* :class:`~django.contrib.messages.storage.base.Message` objects now have a
-  ``level_tag`` attribute that contains the string representation of the
-  message level.
+* :class:`~django.contrib.messages.Message` objects now have a ``level_tag``
+  attribute that contains the string representation of the message level.
 
 :mod:`django.contrib.redirects`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/messages_tests/base.py b/tests/messages_tests/base.py
index d89e186278..6fe8892ac1 100644
--- a/tests/messages_tests/base.py
+++ b/tests/messages_tests/base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-from django.contrib.messages import constants, get_level, set_level
+from django.contrib.messages import Message, constants, get_level, set_level
 from django.contrib.messages.api import MessageFailure
 from django.contrib.messages.constants import DEFAULT_LEVELS
 from django.contrib.messages.storage import default_storage
-from django.contrib.messages.storage.base import Message
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.test import modify_settings, override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
diff --git a/tests/messages_tests/test_cookie.py b/tests/messages_tests/test_cookie.py
index 344df96886..8fd6fa3d61 100644
--- a/tests/messages_tests/test_cookie.py
+++ b/tests/messages_tests/test_cookie.py
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import random
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.contrib.messages import constants
-from django.contrib.messages.storage.base import Message
+from django.contrib.messages import Message, constants
 from django.contrib.messages.storage.cookie import (
     CookieStorage,
     MessageDecoder,
diff --git a/tests/messages_tests/test_session.py b/tests/messages_tests/test_session.py
index 07be6063f7..cfc7d3e8c5 100644
--- a/tests/messages_tests/test_session.py
+++ b/tests/messages_tests/test_session.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from django.contrib.messages import constants
-from django.contrib.messages.storage.base import Message
+from django.contrib.messages import Message, constants
 from django.contrib.messages.storage.session import SessionStorage
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.http import HttpRequest
diff --git a/tests/messages_tests/tests.py b/tests/messages_tests/tests.py
index 2aa8935474..1ebb6aaba2 100644
--- a/tests/messages_tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/messages_tests/tests.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
-from django.contrib.messages import constants
+from django.contrib.messages import Message, constants
 from django.contrib.messages.storage import base
-from django.contrib.messages.storage.base import Message
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, override_settings