diff --git a/Lib/xml/__init__.py b/Lib/xml/__init__.py
index 002d6d3e0e8267..ecfce1c6ae52cf 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/__init__.py
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 
 from .utils import *
 
-__all__ = ["dom", "parsers", "sax", "etree", "is_valid_name"]
+__all__ = ["dom", "parsers", "sax", "etree", "is_valid_name", "is_valid_text"]
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-05-10-07-21-51.gh-issue-139489.rS7LTA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-05-10-07-21-51.gh-issue-139489.rS7LTA.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..40fe7e9fd6a008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-05-10-07-21-51.gh-issue-139489.rS7LTA.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add :func:`xml.is_valid_text` to ``xml.__all__``.