diff --git a/doc/source/python-api.rst b/doc/source/python-api.rst
index f0e9f76fb5..b82ccda218 100644
--- a/doc/source/python-api.rst
+++ b/doc/source/python-api.rst
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Array
 Dense Array
 -----------
 
-.. autoclass:: tiledb.libtiledb.DenseArrayImpl
+.. autoclass:: tiledb.DenseArray
    :members:
 
    .. automethod:: __getitem__(selection)
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Dense Array
 Sparse Array
 ------------
 
-.. autoclass:: tiledb.libtiledb.SparseArrayImpl
+.. autoclass:: tiledb.SparseArray
    :members:
 
    .. automethod:: __getitem__(selection)
diff --git a/tiledb/__init__.py b/tiledb/__init__.py
index 932448aa41..cfe9ff553d 100644
--- a/tiledb/__init__.py
+++ b/tiledb/__init__.py
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
     vacuum,
     walk,
 )
-from .libtiledb import DenseArrayImpl as DenseArray
-from .libtiledb import SparseArrayImpl as SparseArray
+from .libtiledb import DenseArrayImpl
+from .libtiledb import SparseArrayImpl
 from .multirange_indexing import EmptyRange
 from .object import Object
 from .parquet_ import from_parquet
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@
 try:
     from tiledb.cloud.cloudarray import CloudArray
 except ImportError:
-    pass
+    class DenseArray(DenseArrayImpl):
+        pass
+    class SparseArray(SparseArrayImpl):
+        pass
 else:
-
-    class DenseArray(DenseArray, CloudArray):
+    class DenseArray(DenseArrayImpl, CloudArray):
         pass
-
-    class SparseArray(SparseArray, CloudArray):
+    class SparseArray(SparseArrayImpl, CloudArray):
         pass
-
     del CloudArray