diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8d7fabb..e6bf9dc9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- @cosmjs/tendermint-rpc: The options in the `HttpBatchClient` constructor are
+  now of type `Partial<HttpBatchClientOptions>`, allowing you to set only the
+  fields you want to change ([#1309]).
+- @cosmjs/tendermint-rpc: Add missing exports `HttpBatchClient`,
+  `HttpBatchClientOptions`, `RpcClient` ([#1311]).
+
+[#1309]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/issues/1309
+[#1311]: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmjs/issues/1311
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - @cosmjs/cosmwasm-stargate: Fix `ContractCodeHistory` decoding when msg
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/index.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/index.ts
index 8e307862..a1556d15 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/index.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,17 @@ export {
   toRfc3339WithNanoseconds,
   toSeconds,
 } from "./dates";
+// The public Tendermint34Client.create constructor allows manually choosing an RpcClient.
+// This is currently the only way to switch to the HttpBatchClient (which may become default at some point).
+// Due to this API, we make RPC client implementations public.
 export {
-  // This type is part of the Tendermint34Client.connect API
-  HttpEndpoint,
+  HttpBatchClient,
+  HttpBatchClientOptions,
+  HttpClient,
+  HttpEndpoint, // This type is part of the Tendermint34Client.connect API
+  RpcClient, // Interface type in Tendermint34Client.create
+  WebsocketClient,
 } from "./rpcclients";
-export { HttpClient, WebsocketClient } from "./rpcclients"; // TODO: Why do we export those outside of this package?
 export {
   AbciInfoRequest,
   AbciInfoResponse,
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/httpbatchclient.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/httpbatchclient.ts
index f0bafc96..d91dc104 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/httpbatchclient.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/httpbatchclient.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ export interface HttpBatchClientOptions {
   batchSizeLimit: number;
 }
 
-export const defaultHttpBatchClientOptions: HttpBatchClientOptions = {
+// Those values are private and can change any time.
+// Does a user need to know them? I don't think so. You either set
+// a custom value or leave the option field unset.
+const defaultHttpBatchClientOptions: HttpBatchClientOptions = {
   dispatchInterval: 20,
   batchSizeLimit: 20,
 };
@@ -31,11 +34,11 @@ export class HttpBatchClient implements RpcClient {
     reject: (a: Error) => void;
   }> = [];
 
-  public constructor(
-    endpoint: string | HttpEndpoint,
-    options: HttpBatchClientOptions = defaultHttpBatchClientOptions,
-  ) {
-    this.options = options;
+  public constructor(endpoint: string | HttpEndpoint, options: Partial<HttpBatchClientOptions> = {}) {
+    this.options = {
+      batchSizeLimit: options.batchSizeLimit ?? defaultHttpBatchClientOptions.batchSizeLimit,
+      dispatchInterval: options.dispatchInterval ?? defaultHttpBatchClientOptions.dispatchInterval,
+    };
     if (typeof endpoint === "string") {
       // accept host.name:port and assume http protocol
       this.url = hasProtocol(endpoint) ? endpoint : "http://" + endpoint;
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/index.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/index.ts
index cf7c1a70..ac89b9bb 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/rpcclients/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // This folder contains Tendermint-specific RPC clients
 
-export { defaultHttpBatchClientOptions, HttpBatchClient } from "./httpbatchclient";
+export { HttpBatchClient, HttpBatchClientOptions } from "./httpbatchclient";
 export { HttpClient, HttpEndpoint } from "./httpclient";
 export { instanceOfRpcStreamingClient, RpcClient, RpcStreamingClient, SubscriptionEvent } from "./rpcclient";
 export { WebsocketClient } from "./websocketclient";