diff --git a/doc/api.rst b/doc/api.rst
index 256a1dbf3af..eb214142fb5 100644
--- a/doc/api.rst
+++ b/doc/api.rst
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ Plotting
 
    Dataset.plot
    DataArray.plot
-   Dataset.plot.scatter
+   plot.scatter
    plot.plot
    plot.contourf
    plot.contour
diff --git a/xarray/plot/__init__.py b/xarray/plot/__init__.py
index c3333acf7f5..ce8875ff282 100644
--- a/xarray/plot/__init__.py
+++ b/xarray/plot/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from .facetgrid import FacetGrid
 from .plot import contour, contourf, hist, imshow, line, pcolormesh, plot, step
+from .dataset_plot import scatter
 
 __all__ = [
+    "scatter",
     "plot",
     "line",
     "step",