diff --git a/synapse/config/__init__.py b/synapse/config/__init__.py
index c5ff51f4af..87fd479727 100644
--- a/synapse/config/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/config/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 from ._base import ConfigError, find_config_files, read_config_files
 
-# export ConfigError if somebody does import *
+# export ConfigError, find_cofig_files, read_config_files if somebody does
+# import *
 # this is largely a fudge to stop PEP8 moaning about the import
-__all__ = ["ConfigError"]
+__all__ = ["ConfigError", "find_config_files", "read_config_files"]