diff --git a/skimage/filter/__init__.py b/skimage/filter/__init__.py
index f76556df..dc5f9896 100644
--- a/skimage/filter/__init__.py
+++ b/skimage/filter/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ from .ctmf import median_filter
 from ._canny import canny
 from .edges import (sobel, hsobel, vsobel, scharr, hscharr, vscharr, prewitt,
                     hprewitt, vprewitt)
-from ._tv_denoise import tv_denoise
+from .denoise import tv_denoise
 from ._rank_order import rank_order
 from .thresholding import threshold_otsu, threshold_adaptive
diff --git a/skimage/filter/_tv_denoise.py b/skimage/filter/denoise.py
similarity index 100%
rename from skimage/filter/_tv_denoise.py
rename to skimage/filter/denoise.py