diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.11.3.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.11.3.rst
index 1d04ecc535..c61426c0b7 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.11.3.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.11.3.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Enhancements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Fix a bug in :py:func:`pvlib.bifacial.get_irradiance_poa` which may have yielded non-zero
   ground irradiance when the sun was below the horizon. (:issue:`2245`, :pull:`2359`)
+* Fix a bug where :py:func:`pvlib.transformer.simple_efficiency` could only be imported
+  using the `from pvlib.transformer` syntax (:pull:`2388`)
 
 Documentation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -41,4 +43,5 @@ Contributors
 * Mark Campanelli (:ghuser:`markcampanelli`)
 * Jason Lun Leung (:ghuser:`jason-rpkt`)
 * Manoj K S (:ghuser:`manojks1999`)
+* Kurt Rhee (:ghuser:`kurt-rhee`)
 * Ayush jariyal (:ghuser:`ayushjariyal`)
diff --git a/pvlib/__init__.py b/pvlib/__init__.py
index b5b07866a4..3e6e56b817 100644
--- a/pvlib/__init__.py
+++ b/pvlib/__init__.py
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@
     temperature,
     tools,
     tracking,
+    transformer,
 )