diff --git a/spacy/__init__.py b/spacy/__init__.py
index 1a18ad0d5..8aa2eccd7 100644
--- a/spacy/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ from thinc.api import Config, prefer_gpu, require_cpu, require_gpu  # noqa: F401
 from . import pipeline  # noqa: F401
 from . import util
 from .about import __version__  # noqa: F401
-from .cli.info import info  # noqa: F401
 from .errors import Errors
 from .glossary import explain  # noqa: F401
 from .language import Language
@@ -77,3 +76,9 @@ def blank(
     # We should accept both dot notation and nested dict here for consistency
     config = util.dot_to_dict(config)
     return LangClass.from_config(config, vocab=vocab, meta=meta)
+
+
+def info(*args, **kwargs):
+    from .cli.info import info as cli_info
+
+    return cli_info(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/spacy/tests/test_cli.py b/spacy/tests/test_cli.py
index 8e1c9ca32..ebf2ec7da 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from thinc.api import Config, ConfigValidationError
 
 import spacy
 from spacy import about
+from spacy import info as spacy_info
 from spacy.cli import info
 from spacy.cli._util import (
     download_file,
@@ -225,6 +226,9 @@ def test_cli_info():
         raw_data = info(tmp_dir, exclude=[""])
         assert raw_data["lang"] == "nl"
         assert raw_data["components"] == ["textcat"]
+        raw_data = spacy_info(tmp_dir, exclude=[""])
+        assert raw_data["lang"] == "nl"
+        assert raw_data["components"] == ["textcat"]
 
 
 def test_cli_converters_conllu_to_docs():