diff --git a/spacy/tokens/__init__.pxd b/spacy/tokens/__init__.pxd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3148fc08e
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+++ b/spacy/tokens/__init__.pxd
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+from .doc cimport Doc
+from .token cimport Token
+from .spans cimport Spans
+
+__all__ = [Doc, Token, Spans]
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/__init__.py b/spacy/tokens/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa55dbaeb
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+++ b/spacy/tokens/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from .doc import Doc
+from .token import Token
+from .spans import Spans
+
+__all__ = [Doc, Token, Spans]