diff --git a/Lib/html/parser.py b/Lib/html/parser.py
index f8ac82834a3..485f6fac6ff 100644
--- a/Lib/html/parser.py
+++ b/Lib/html/parser.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import _markupbase
 import re
 import warnings
 
+__all__ = ['HTMLParser']
+
 # Regular expressions used for parsing
 
 interesting_normal = re.compile('[&<]')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ee4c73a900e..3dce054e3bc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #14679: add an __all__ (that contains only HTMLParser) to html.parser.
+
 - Issue #17358: Modules loaded by imp.load_source() and load_compiled() (and by
   extention load_module()) now have a better chance of working when reloaded.