diff --git a/newsfragments/5539.changed.md b/newsfragments/5539.changed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ea40282f2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/5539.changed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Expose types::iterator::PySendResult in public API
diff --git a/src/types/iterator.rs b/src/types/iterator.rs
index 7ee15531a2b..c41d2fb85eb 100644
--- a/src/types/iterator.rs
+++ b/src/types/iterator.rs
@@ -58,10 +58,13 @@ impl PyIterator {
     }
 }
 
+/// Outcomes from sending a value into a python generator
 #[derive(Debug)]
 #[cfg(all(not(PyPy), Py_3_10))]
 pub enum PySendResult<'py> {
+    /// The generator yielded a new value
     Next(Bound<'py, PyAny>),
+    /// The generator completed, returning a (possibly None) final value
     Return(Bound<'py, PyAny>),
 }
 
diff --git a/src/types/mod.rs b/src/types/mod.rs
index 3dc8d9de6d9..8f99455dd33 100644
--- a/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ pub use self::function::PyFunction;
 #[cfg(Py_3_9)]
 pub use self::genericalias::PyGenericAlias;
 pub use self::iterator::PyIterator;
+#[cfg(all(not(PyPy), Py_3_10))]
+pub use self::iterator::PySendResult;
 pub use self::list::{PyList, PyListMethods};
 pub use self::mapping::{PyMapping, PyMappingMethods};
 pub use self::mappingproxy::PyMappingProxy;