diff --git a/src/executor/mod.rs b/src/executor/mod.rs
index 3f238f8fa..6852e3996 100644
--- a/src/executor/mod.rs
+++ b/src/executor/mod.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@
 //! [`Executor`]: trait.Executor.html
 //! [`spawn`]: fn.spawn.html
 
-#[deprecated(since = "0.1.8", note = "use tokio-current-thread crate instead")]
+#[deprecated(
+    since = "0.1.8",
+    note = "use tokio-current-thread crate or functions in tokio::runtime::current_thread instead",
+)]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod current_thread;
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/current_thread/mod.rs b/src/runtime/current_thread/mod.rs
index b0063f640..57a934c0b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/current_thread/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/current_thread/mod.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ mod runtime;
 
 pub use self::builder::Builder;
 pub use self::runtime::{Runtime, Handle};
+pub use tokio_current_thread::spawn;
 
 use futures::Future;