diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index 8f2c2da47b5..227b9b3b389 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ v.2024.11.1 (unreleased)
 
 New Features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- Add :py:func:`~xarray.show_backends` alias for :py:func:`~xarray.backends.list_engines` (:issue:`6577`, :pull:`xxx`). 
+- Add :py:func:`~xarray.show_backends` alias for :py:func:`~xarray.backends.list_engines` (:issue:`6577`, :pull:`xxx`).
   By `Nick Hodgskin <https://github.com/VeckoTheGecko>`_.
 
 Breaking changes
diff --git a/xarray/__init__.py b/xarray/__init__.py
index 9e3ab68c59f..a0abffc2222 100644
--- a/xarray/__init__.py
+++ b/xarray/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     open_mfdataset,
     save_mfdataset,
 )
+from xarray.backends.plugins import show_backends
 from xarray.backends.zarr import open_zarr
 from xarray.coding.cftime_offsets import cftime_range, date_range, date_range_like
 from xarray.coding.cftimeindex import CFTimeIndex
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@
     TreeIsomorphismError,
     group_subtrees,
 )
-from xarray.backends.plugins import show_backends
 from xarray.core.variable import IndexVariable, Variable, as_variable
 from xarray.namedarray.core import NamedArray
 from xarray.util.print_versions import show_versions
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_plugins.py b/xarray/tests/test_plugins.py
index b5492c64c72..4f9b07725e6 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_plugins.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_plugins.py
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ def test_list_engines() -> None:
     assert ("zarr" in engines) == has_zarr
     assert "store" in engines
 
+
 def test_show_engines() -> None:
     from xarray import show_backends
     from xarray.backends import list_engines