diff --git a/jsonrpc2/messages.go b/jsonrpc2/messages.go
index 652ac817a..1f875f3c8 100644
--- a/jsonrpc2/messages.go
+++ b/jsonrpc2/messages.go
@@ -92,23 +92,23 @@ func NewResponse(id ID, result interface{}, rerr error) (*Response, error) {
 
 func (msg *Response) marshal(to *wireCombined) {
 	to.ID = msg.ID.value
-	to.Error = toWireError(msg.Error)
+	to.Error = toError(msg.Error)
 	to.Result = msg.Result
 }
 
-func toWireError(err error) *wireError {
+func toError(err error) *Error {
 	if err == nil {
 		// no error, the response is complete
 		return nil
 	}
-	if err, ok := err.(*wireError); ok {
-		// already a wire error, just use it
+	if err, ok := err.(*Error); ok {
+		// already an Error, just use it
 		return err
 	}
-	result := &wireError{Message: err.Error()}
-	var wrapped *wireError
+	result := &Error{Message: err.Error()}
+	var wrapped *Error
 	if errors.As(err, &wrapped) {
-		// if we wrapped a wire error, keep the code from the wrapped error
+		// if we wrapped an Error, keep the code from the wrapped error
 		// but the message from the outer error
 		result.Code = wrapped.Code
 	}
diff --git a/jsonrpc2/wire.go b/jsonrpc2/wire.go
index 4971a92d2..83c26290d 100644
--- a/jsonrpc2/wire.go
+++ b/jsonrpc2/wire.go
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ type wireCombined struct {
 	Method     string          `json:"method,omitempty"`
 	Params     json.RawMessage `json:"params,omitempty"`
 	Result     json.RawMessage `json:"result,omitempty"`
-	Error      *wireError      `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	Error      *Error          `json:"error,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// wireError represents a structured error in a Response.
-type wireError struct {
+// Error represents a structured error in a Response.
+type Error struct {
 	// Code is an error code indicating the type of failure.
 	Code int64 `json:"code"`
 	// Message is a short description of the error.
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ type wireError struct {
 // only be used to build errors for application specific codes as allowed by the
 // specification.
 func NewError(code int64, message string) error {
-	return &wireError{
+	return &Error{
 		Code:    code,
 		Message: message,
 	}
 }
 
-func (err *wireError) Error() string {
+func (err *Error) Error() string {
 	return err.Message
 }