diff --git a/networkx/utils/misc.py b/networkx/utils/misc.py
index 4caffbe18..bd58a4ed6 100644
--- a/networkx/utils/misc.py
+++ b/networkx/utils/misc.py
@@ -19,6 +19,30 @@ import uuid
 from itertools import tee, chain
 import networkx as nx
 
+__all__ = [
+    "is_string_like",
+    "iterable",
+    "empty_generator",
+    "flatten",
+    "make_list_of_ints",
+    "is_list_of_ints",
+    "make_str",
+    "generate_unique_node",
+    "default_opener",
+    "dict_to_numpy_array",
+    "dict_to_numpy_array1",
+    "dict_to_numpy_array2",
+    "is_iterator",
+    "arbitrary_element",
+    "consume",
+    "pairwise",
+    "groups",
+    "to_tuple",
+    "create_random_state",
+    "create_py_random_state",
+    "PythonRandomInterface",
+]
+
 
 # some cookbook stuff
 # used in deciding whether something is a bunch of nodes, edges, etc.
diff --git a/networkx/utils/random_sequence.py b/networkx/utils/random_sequence.py
index 7bd68c798..ad9b34a3c 100644
--- a/networkx/utils/random_sequence.py
+++ b/networkx/utils/random_sequence.py
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ import networkx as nx
 from networkx.utils import py_random_state
 
 
+__all__ = [
+    "powerlaw_sequence",
+    "zipf_rv",
+    "cumulative_distribution",
+    "discrete_sequence",
+    "random_weighted_sample",
+    "weighted_choice",
+]
+
+
 # The same helpers for choosing random sequences from distributions
 # uses Python's random module
 # https://docs.python.org/3/library/random.html

diff --git a/networkx/utils/tests/test__init.py b/networkx/utils/tests/test__init.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecbcce36d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/networkx/utils/tests/test__init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import pytest
+
+
+def test_utils_namespace():
+    """Ensure objects are not unintentionally exposed in utils namespace."""
+    with pytest.raises(ImportError):
+        from networkx.utils import nx
+    with pytest.raises(ImportError):
+        from networkx.utils import sys
+    with pytest.raises(ImportError):
+        from networkx.utils import defaultdict, deque

`networkx.utils.misc` missing `__all__`
The `misc` module in the `utils` package doesn't define an `__all__`. As a consequence, some non-networkx functionality including e.g. objects from `collections` and builtin modules are incorrectly exposed in the `networkx.utils` namespace, including networkx itself:

```python
from networkx.utils import nx  # yikes
```
networkx/utils/tests/test__init.py::test_utils_namespace