diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 84e6c873642..b1162da2348 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -166,12 +166,14 @@ ddtrace/internal/remoteconfig       @DataDog/remote-config @DataDog/apm-core-pyt
 tests/internal/remoteconfig         @DataDog/remote-config @DataDog/apm-core-python
 
 # API SDK
+ddtrace/trace/                                    @DataDog/apm-sdk-api-python
 ddtrace/_trace/                                    @DataDog/apm-sdk-api-python
 ddtrace/opentelemetry/                             @DataDog/apm-sdk-api-python
 ddtrace/internal/opentelemetry                     @DataDog/apm-sdk-api-python
 ddtrace/opentracer/                                @DataDog/apm-sdk-api-python
 ddtrace/propagation/                               @DataDog/apm-sdk-api-python
 ddtrace/filters.py                                 @DataDog/apm-sdk-api-python
+ddtrace/provider.py                                @DataDog/apm-sdk-api-python
 ddtrace/pin.py                                     @DataDog/apm-sdk-api-python
 ddtrace/sampler.py                                 @DataDog/apm-sdk-api-python
 ddtrace/sampling_rule.py                           @DataDog/apm-sdk-api-python
diff --git a/ddtrace/provider.py b/ddtrace/provider.py
index 4a275ece8c8..7b9867de01a 100644
--- a/ddtrace/provider.py
+++ b/ddtrace/provider.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 
 deprecate(
-    "The context provider interface is deprecated.",
-    message="The trace context is an internal interface and will no longer be supported.",
+    "The context provider interface is deprecated",
+    message="Import BaseContextProvider from `ddtrace.trace` instead.",
     category=DDTraceDeprecationWarning,
+    removal_version="3.0.0",
 )
diff --git a/ddtrace/trace/__init__.py b/ddtrace/trace/__init__.py
index f709310d589..8473c0b99f0 100644
--- a/ddtrace/trace/__init__.py
+++ b/ddtrace/trace/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from ddtrace._trace.context import Context
 from ddtrace._trace.filters import TraceFilter
 from ddtrace._trace.pin import Pin
+from ddtrace._trace.provider import BaseContextProvider
 from ddtrace._trace.span import Span
 from ddtrace._trace.tracer import Tracer
 
@@ -15,4 +16,5 @@
     "Tracer",
     "Span",
     "tracer",
+    "BaseContextProvider",
 ]
diff --git a/docs/advanced_usage.rst b/docs/advanced_usage.rst
index 05879acac37..392e1406fb7 100644
--- a/docs/advanced_usage.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced_usage.rst
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ context management.
 
 If there is a case where the default is insufficient then a custom context
 provider can be used. It must implement the
-:class:`ddtrace.provider.BaseContextProvider` interface and can be configured
+:class:`ddtrace.trace.BaseContextProvider` interface and can be configured
 with::
 
     tracer.configure(context_provider=MyContextProvider)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/feat-expose-base-context-provider-530ebec2225f6c8d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/feat-expose-base-context-provider-530ebec2225f6c8d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..010d2bf52bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/feat-expose-base-context-provider-530ebec2225f6c8d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    tracing: Moves ``ddtrace.provider.BaseContextProvider`` to ``ddtrace.trace.BaseContextProvider``. 
+    The ``ddtrace.provider`` module is deprecated and will be removed in v3.0.0.