diff --git a/tokio-util/CHANGELOG.md b/tokio-util/CHANGELOG.md
index 64228895200..48dfe778e26 100644
--- a/tokio-util/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tokio-util/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
+### Added
+- io: `poll_read_buf` util fn (#2972).
+
 # 0.5.0 (October 30, 2020)
 
 ### Changed
 - io: update `bytes` to 0.6 (#3071).
 
-### Added
-- io: `poll_read_buf` util fn (#2972).
-
 # 0.4.0 (October 15, 2020)
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/tokio-util/src/io/mod.rs b/tokio-util/src/io/mod.rs
index 6f181ab1703..ceb3ac27185 100644
--- a/tokio-util/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio-util/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mod read_buf;
 mod reader_stream;
 mod stream_reader;
 
+pub use crate::util::poll_read_buf;
 pub use self::read_buf::read_buf;
 pub use self::reader_stream::ReaderStream;
 pub use self::stream_reader::StreamReader;