diff --git a/parso/__init__.py b/parso/__init__.py
index 7597448..8614c55 100644
--- a/parso/__init__.py
+++ b/parso/__init__.py
@@ -20,4 +20,14 @@ PythonNode(simple_stmt, [PythonNode(arith_expr, [...]), <Newline: ''>])
 from parso.parser import ParserSyntaxError
 from parso.grammar import create_grammar, load_python_grammar
 
+
+def parse(code=None, **kwargs):
+    """
+    A utility function to parse Python with the current Python version. Params
+    are documented in ``Grammar.parse``.
+    """
+    grammar = load_python_grammar()
+    return grammar.parse(code, **kwargs)
+
+
 __version__ = '0.0.2'
diff --git a/parso/python/__init__.py b/parso/python/__init__.py
index baa31ab..e69de29 100644
--- a/parso/python/__init__.py
+++ b/parso/python/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Parsers for Python
-"""
-
-def parse(code, **kwargs):
-    from parso import load_python_grammar
-    grammar = load_python_grammar()
-    return grammar.parse(code, **kwargs)
diff --git a/parso/python/tree.py b/parso/python/tree.py
index fa52035..967d399 100644
--- a/parso/python/tree.py
+++ b/parso/python/tree.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ the input given to the parser. This is important if you are using refactoring.
 The easiest way to play with this module is to use :class:`parsing.Parser`.
 :attr:`parsing.Parser.module` holds an instance of :class:`Module`:
 
->>> from parso.python import parse
+>>> from parso import parse
 >>> parser = parse('import os')
 >>> module = parser.get_root_node()
 >>> module
diff --git a/test/test_absolute_import.py b/test/test_absolute_import.py
index 71b6587..6b8407f 100644
--- a/test/test_absolute_import.py
+++ b/test/test_absolute_import.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Tests ``from __future__ import absolute_import`` (only important for
 Python 2.X)
 """
-from parso.python import parse
+from parso import parse
 
 
 def test_explicit_absolute_imports():
diff --git a/test/test_diff_parser.py b/test/test_diff_parser.py
index f279f6c..94e3381 100644
--- a/test/test_diff_parser.py
+++ b/test/test_diff_parser.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from parso.utils import splitlines
 from parso import cache
 from parso import load_python_grammar
 from parso.python.diff import DiffParser
-from parso.python import parse
+from parso import parse
 
 
 def test_simple():
diff --git a/test/test_get_code.py b/test/test_get_code.py
index e74481d..6a54385 100644
--- a/test/test_get_code.py
+++ b/test/test_get_code.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import difflib
 
 import pytest
 
-from parso.python import parse
+from parso import parse
 
 code_basic_features = '''
 """A mod docstring"""
diff --git a/test/test_old_fast_parser.py b/test/test_old_fast_parser.py
index d7b875d..7e12a03 100644
--- a/test/test_old_fast_parser.py
+++ b/test/test_old_fast_parser.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ However the tests might still be relevant for the parser.
 from textwrap import dedent
 
 from parso._compatibility import u
-from parso.python import parse
+from parso import parse
 
 
 def test_carriage_return_splitting():
diff --git a/test/test_param_splitting.py b/test/test_param_splitting.py
index 6bf4dd9..7501796 100644
--- a/test/test_param_splitting.py
+++ b/test/test_param_splitting.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ instead of simple parser objects.
 
 from textwrap import dedent
 
-from parso.python import parse
+from parso import parse
 
 
 def assert_params(param_string, **wanted_dct):
diff --git a/test/test_parser.py b/test/test_parser.py
index fe6d462..2eafaad 100644
--- a/test/test_parser.py
+++ b/test/test_parser.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from textwrap import dedent
 import pytest
 
 from parso._compatibility import u, py_version
-from parso.python import parse
+from parso import parse
 from parso import load_python_grammar
 from parso.python import tree
 from parso.utils import splitlines
diff --git a/test/test_parser_tree.py b/test/test_parser_tree.py
index 8ee0455..fc10376 100644
--- a/test/test_parser_tree.py
+++ b/test/test_parser_tree.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from textwrap import dedent
 
 import pytest
 
-from parso.python import parse
+from parso import parse
 from parso.python import tree
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_tokenize.py b/test/test_tokenize.py
index 009dc10..fd6b38f 100644
--- a/test/test_tokenize.py
+++ b/test/test_tokenize.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from parso._compatibility import py_version
 from parso.utils import splitlines
 from parso.token import NAME, OP, NEWLINE, STRING, INDENT, ERRORTOKEN, ENDMARKER
 from parso import tokenize
-from parso.python import parse
+from parso import parse
 from parso.tokenize import TokenInfo
 
 def _get_token_list(string):