diff --git a/IPython/Shell.py b/IPython/Shell.py
index 9271cc4..7f650ed 100644
--- a/IPython/Shell.py
+++ b/IPython/Shell.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ to use the new IPython.core.shell module"""
 
 warn(msg, category=DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=1)
 
-from IPython.core.shell import *
+from IPython.core.shell import start, IPShell, IPShellEmbed
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/core/example-embed.py b/docs/examples/core/example-embed.py
index 137fbb1..3c451ef 100755
--- a/docs/examples/core/example-embed.py
+++ b/docs/examples/core/example-embed.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ else:
             '-po','Out<\\#>: ','-nosep']
 
 # First import the embeddable shell class
-from IPython.Shell import IPShellEmbed
+from IPython.core.shell import IPShellEmbed
 
 # Now create an instance of the embeddable shell. The first argument is a
 # string with options exactly as you would type them if you were starting