diff --git a/src/openai/__init__.py b/src/openai/__init__.py
index 9585fde99..cd05a749d 100644
--- a/src/openai/__init__.py
+++ b/src/openai/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from ._models import BaseModel
 from ._version import __title__, __version__
 from ._response import APIResponse as APIResponse, AsyncAPIResponse as AsyncAPIResponse
+from ._constants import DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES, DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMITS
 from ._exceptions import (
     APIError,
     OpenAIError,
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@
     "AsyncOpenAI",
     "file_from_path",
     "BaseModel",
+    "DEFAULT_TIMEOUT",
+    "DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES",
+    "DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMITS",
 ]
 
 from .lib import azure as _azure
diff --git a/src/openai/_base_client.py b/src/openai/_base_client.py
index f431128ee..7a8595c17 100644
--- a/src/openai/_base_client.py
+++ b/src/openai/_base_client.py
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@
     extract_response_type,
 )
 from ._constants import (
-    DEFAULT_LIMITS,
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
     MAX_RETRY_DELAY,
     DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES,
     INITIAL_RETRY_DELAY,
     RAW_RESPONSE_HEADER,
     OVERRIDE_CAST_TO_HEADER,
+    DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMITS,
 )
 from ._streaming import Stream, SSEDecoder, AsyncStream, SSEBytesDecoder
 from ._exceptions import (
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ def __init__(
             if http_client is not None:
                 raise ValueError("The `http_client` argument is mutually exclusive with `connection_pool_limits`")
         else:
-            limits = DEFAULT_LIMITS
+            limits = DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMITS
 
         if transport is not None:
             warnings.warn(
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ def __init__(
             if http_client is not None:
                 raise ValueError("The `http_client` argument is mutually exclusive with `connection_pool_limits`")
         else:
-            limits = DEFAULT_LIMITS
+            limits = DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMITS
 
         if transport is not None:
             warnings.warn(
diff --git a/src/openai/_constants.py b/src/openai/_constants.py
index b2e541f7b..3f96aea3d 100644
--- a/src/openai/_constants.py
+++ b/src/openai/_constants.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # default timeout is 10 minutes
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = httpx.Timeout(timeout=600.0, connect=5.0)
 DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES = 2
-DEFAULT_LIMITS = httpx.Limits(max_connections=100, max_keepalive_connections=20)
+DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMITS = httpx.Limits(max_connections=100, max_keepalive_connections=20)
 
 INITIAL_RETRY_DELAY = 0.5
 MAX_RETRY_DELAY = 8.0