diff --git a/pprint/pprint.py b/pprint/pprint.py
index 487b61a3..358a9382 100644
--- a/pprint/pprint.py
+++ b/pprint/pprint.py
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 def pformat(obj):
     return repr(obj)
+
+def pprint(obj):
+    print(repr(obj))