diff --git a/cephfs/errors.go b/cephfs/errors.go
index b397e9e..52d5aa7 100644
--- a/cephfs/errors.go
+++ b/cephfs/errors.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package cephfs
 import "C"
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/ceph/go-ceph/internal/errutil"
@@ -36,6 +37,14 @@ func getError(e C.int) error {
 
 // Public go errors:
 
+var (
+	// ErrEmptyArgument may be returned if a function argument is passed
+	// a zero-length slice or map.
+	ErrEmptyArgument = errors.New("Argument must contain at least one item")
+)
+
+// Public CephFSErrors:
+
 const (
 	// ErrNotConnected may be returned when client is not connected
 	// to a cluster.