diff --git a/rados/conn.go b/rados/conn.go
index d1040f5..69a29bc 100644
--- a/rados/conn.go
+++ b/rados/conn.go
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func (c *Conn) GetPoolByName(name string) (int64, error) {
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(c_name))
 	ret := int64(C.rados_pool_lookup(c.cluster, c_name))
 	if ret < 0 {
-		return 0, RadosError(ret)
+		return 0, radosError(ret)
 	}
 	return ret, nil
 }
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func (c *Conn) GetPoolByID(id int64) (string, error) {
 	c_id := C.int64_t(id)
 	ret := int(C.rados_pool_reverse_lookup(c.cluster, c_id, (*C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0])), C.size_t(len(buf))))
 	if ret < 0 {
-		return "", RadosError(ret)
+		return "", radosError(ret)
 	}
 	return C.GoString((*C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0]))), nil
 }
diff --git a/rados/errors.go b/rados/errors.go
index 3cd5f00..7be2423 100644
--- a/rados/errors.go
+++ b/rados/errors.go
@@ -12,15 +12,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ceph/go-ceph/internal/errutil"
 )
 
-// revive:disable:exported Temporarily live with stuttering
+// radosError represents an error condition returned from the Ceph RADOS APIs.
+type radosError int
 
-// RadosError represents an error condition returned from the Ceph RADOS APIs.
-type RadosError int
-
-// revive:enable:exported
-
-// Error returns the error string for the RadosError type.
-func (e RadosError) Error() string {
+// Error returns the error string for the radosError type.
+func (e radosError) Error() string {
 	errno, s := errutil.FormatErrno(int(e))
 	if s == "" {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("rados: ret=%d", errno)
@@ -28,11 +24,15 @@ func (e RadosError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("rados: ret=%d, %s", errno, s)
 }
 
+func (e radosError) Errno() int {
+	return int(e)
+}
+
 func getError(e C.int) error {
 	if e == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return RadosError(e)
+	return radosError(e)
 }
 
 // getErrorIfNegative converts a ceph return code to error if negative.
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ var (
 	ErrNotConnected = errors.New("RADOS not connected")
 )
 
-// Public RadosErrors:
+// Public radosErrors:
 
 const (
 	// ErrNotFound indicates a missing resource.
-	ErrNotFound = RadosError(-C.ENOENT)
+	ErrNotFound = radosError(-C.ENOENT)
 	// ErrPermissionDenied indicates a permissions issue.
-	ErrPermissionDenied = RadosError(-C.EPERM)
+	ErrPermissionDenied = radosError(-C.EPERM)
 	// ErrObjectExists indicates that an exclusive object creation failed.
-	ErrObjectExists = RadosError(-C.EEXIST)
+	ErrObjectExists = radosError(-C.EEXIST)
 
 	// RadosErrorNotFound indicates a missing resource.
 	//
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const (
 // Private errors:
 
 const (
-	errNameTooLong = RadosError(-C.ENAMETOOLONG)
+	errNameTooLong = radosError(-C.ENAMETOOLONG)
 
-	errRange = RadosError(-C.ERANGE)
+	errRange = radosError(-C.ERANGE)
 )
diff --git a/rados/ioctx.go b/rados/ioctx.go
index b0663cc..c6f4ac6 100644
--- a/rados/ioctx.go
+++ b/rados/ioctx.go
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ func (ioctx *IOContext) ListLockers(oid, name string) (*LockInfo, error) {
 	}
 
 	if ret < 0 {
-		return nil, RadosError(ret)
+		return nil, radosError(ret)
 	}
 	return &LockInfo{int(ret), c_exclusive == 1, C.GoString(c_tag), splitCString(c_clients, c_clients_len), splitCString(c_cookies, c_cookies_len), splitCString(c_addrs, c_addrs_len)}, nil
 }