diff --git a/docs/tutorial.rst b/docs/tutorial.rst
index 1aea1f42..6e6fd151 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorial.rst
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Loading dependencies from pyproject.toml or scripts
 One common need is loading a dependency list from a ``pyproject.toml`` file
 (say to prepare an environment without installing the package) or supporting
 `PEP 723 <https://peps.python.org/pep-0723>`_ scripts. Nox provides a helper to
-load these with ``nox.load_toml``. It can be passed a filepath to a toml file
+load these with ``nox.toml.load``. It can be passed a filepath to a toml file
 or to a script file following PEP 723. For example, if you have the following
 ``peps.py``:
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ You can make a session for it like this:
 
    @nox.session
    def peps(session):
-       requirements = nox.load_toml("peps.py")["dependencies"]
+       requirements = nox.toml.load("peps.py")["dependencies"]
        session.install(*requirements)
        session.run("peps.py")
 
diff --git a/nox/__init__.py b/nox/__init__.py
index bb311db9..ef870684 100644
--- a/nox/__init__.py
+++ b/nox/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from nox._options import noxfile_options as options
 from nox._parametrize import Param as param
 from nox._parametrize import parametrize_decorator as parametrize
-from nox._toml import load_toml
 from nox.registry import session_decorator as session
 from nox.sessions import Session
 
@@ -30,5 +29,5 @@
     "session",
     "options",
     "Session",
-    "load_toml",
+    "toml",
 ]
diff --git a/nox/_toml.py b/nox/toml.py
similarity index 92%
rename from nox/_toml.py
rename to nox/toml.py
index d3df54d6..13a1f216 100644
--- a/nox/_toml.py
+++ b/nox/toml.py
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@
 else:
     import tomllib
 
+
+__all__ = ["load"]
+
+
+def __dir__() -> list[str]:
+    return __all__
+
+
 # Note: the implementation (including this regex) taken from PEP 723
 # https://peps.python.org/pep-0723
 
@@ -22,7 +30,7 @@
 )
 
 
-def load_toml(filename: os.PathLike[str] | str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+def load(filename: os.PathLike[str] | str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """
     Load a toml file or a script with a PEP 723 script block.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_toml.py b/tests/test_toml.py
index 7bda84c5..a461f5fe 100644
--- a/tests/test_toml.py
+++ b/tests/test_toml.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def test_load_pyproject(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
         """
     )
 
-    toml = nox.load_toml(filepath)
+    toml = nox.toml.load(filepath)
     assert toml["project"]["dependencies"] == ["numpy", "requests"]
 
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_load_script_block(tmp_path: Path, example: str) -> None:
         )
     )
 
-    toml = nox.load_toml(filepath)
+    toml = nox.toml.load(filepath)
     assert toml["dependencies"] == ["requests<3", "rich"]
 
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def test_load_no_script_block(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="No script block found"):
-        nox.load_toml(filepath)
+        nox.toml.load(filepath)
 
 
 def test_load_multiple_script_block(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ def test_load_multiple_script_block(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Multiple script blocks found"):
-        nox.load_toml(filepath)
+        nox.toml.load(filepath)
 
 
 def test_load_non_recongnised_extension():
     msg = "Extension must be .py or .toml, got .txt"
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
-        nox.load_toml("some.txt")
+        nox.toml.load("some.txt")