diff --git a/ops/model.py b/ops/model.py
index 62c93384e..860c822d9 100644
--- a/ops/model.py
+++ b/ops/model.py
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
 
 _ReadOnlyStatusName = Literal['error', 'unknown']
 _SettableStatusName = Literal['active', 'blocked', 'maintenance', 'waiting']
-_StatusName = Union[_SettableStatusName, _ReadOnlyStatusName]
-_StatusDict = TypedDict('_StatusDict', {'status': _StatusName, 'message': str})
+StatusName = Union[_SettableStatusName, _ReadOnlyStatusName]
+_StatusDict = TypedDict('_StatusDict', {'status': StatusName, 'message': str})
 _SETTABLE_STATUS_NAMES: Tuple[_SettableStatusName, ...] = get_args(_SettableStatusName)
 
 # mapping from relation name to a list of relation objects
@@ -1878,10 +1878,10 @@ class StatusBase:
     directly use the child class such as :class:`ActiveStatus` to indicate their status.
     """
 
-    _statuses: Dict[_StatusName, Type['StatusBase']] = {}
+    _statuses: Dict[StatusName, Type['StatusBase']] = {}
 
     # Subclasses must provide this attribute
-    name: _StatusName
+    name: StatusName
 
     def __init__(self, message: str = ''):
         if self.__class__ is StatusBase:
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ def from_name(cls, name: str, message: str):
             # unknown is special
             return UnknownStatus()
         else:
-            return cls._statuses[typing.cast(_StatusName, name)](message)
+            return cls._statuses[typing.cast(StatusName, name)](message)
 
     @classmethod
     def register(cls, child: Type['StatusBase']):
diff --git a/ops/testing.py b/ops/testing.py
index a35a83186..1560de548 100644
--- a/ops/testing.py
+++ b/ops/testing.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 from ops._private import yaml
 from ops.charm import CharmBase, CharmMeta, RelationRole
 from ops.jujucontext import _JujuContext
-from ops.model import Container, RelationNotFoundError, _NetworkDict, _StatusName
+from ops.model import Container, RelationNotFoundError, _NetworkDict, StatusName
 from ops.pebble import ExecProcess
 
 ReadableBuffer = Union[bytes, str, StringIO, BytesIO, BinaryIO]
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 _RawStatus = TypedDict(
     '_RawStatus',
     {
-        'status': _StatusName,
+        'status': StatusName,
         'message': str,
     },
 )
diff --git a/test/test_charm.py b/test/test_charm.py
index 2f399a25b..0939fbb6b 100644
--- a/test/test_charm.py
+++ b/test/test_charm.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import ops
 import ops.charm
-from ops.model import ModelError, _StatusName
+from ops.model import ModelError, StatusName
 
 from .test_helpers import FakeScript, create_framework
 
@@ -965,11 +965,11 @@ def _on_collect_status(self, event: ops.CollectStatusEvent):
 def test_collect_status_priority_valid(
     request: pytest.FixtureRequest,
     fake_script: FakeScript,
-    statuses: typing.List[_StatusName],
+    statuses: typing.List[StatusName],
     expected: str,
 ):
     class MyCharm(ops.CharmBase):
-        def __init__(self, framework: ops.Framework, statuses: typing.List[_StatusName]):
+        def __init__(self, framework: ops.Framework, statuses: typing.List[StatusName]):
             super().__init__(framework)
             self.framework.observe(self.on.collect_app_status, self._on_collect_status)
             self.statuses = statuses
@@ -999,10 +999,10 @@ def _on_collect_status(self, event: ops.CollectStatusEvent):
 def test_collect_status_priority_invalid(
     request: pytest.FixtureRequest,
     fake_script: FakeScript,
-    statuses: typing.List[_StatusName],
+    statuses: typing.List[StatusName],
 ):
     class MyCharm(ops.CharmBase):
-        def __init__(self, framework: ops.Framework, statuses: typing.List[_StatusName]):
+        def __init__(self, framework: ops.Framework, statuses: typing.List[StatusName]):
             super().__init__(framework)
             self.framework.observe(self.on.collect_app_status, self._on_collect_status)
             self.statuses = statuses