diff --git a/bitcoin/src/address/error.rs b/bitcoin/src/address/error.rs
index b1757da6..be0a573d 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/address/error.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/address/error.rs
@@ -9,26 +9,6 @@ use crate::blockdata::script::{witness_program, witness_version};
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::Network;
 
-/// Address's network differs from required one.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct NetworkValidationError {
-    /// Network that was required.
-    pub(crate) required: Network,
-    /// The address itself.
-    pub(crate) address: Address<NetworkUnchecked>,
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for NetworkValidationError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "address ")?;
-        fmt::Display::fmt(&self.address.0, f)?;
-        write!(f, " is not valid on {}", self.required)
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
-impl std::error::Error for NetworkValidationError {}
-
 /// Error while generating address from script.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
@@ -143,6 +123,8 @@ pub enum ParseError {
     InvalidBase58PayloadLength(InvalidBase58PayloadLengthError),
     /// Invalid legacy address prefix in base58 data payload.
     InvalidLegacyPrefix(InvalidLegacyPrefixError),
+    /// Address's network differs from required one.
+    NetworkValidation(NetworkValidationError),
 }
 
 internals::impl_from_infallible!(ParseError);
@@ -160,6 +142,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for ParseError {
             LegacyAddressTooLong(ref e) => write_err!(f, "legacy address base58 string"; e),
             InvalidBase58PayloadLength(ref e) => write_err!(f, "legacy address base58 data"; e),
             InvalidLegacyPrefix(ref e) => write_err!(f, "legacy address base58 prefix"; e),
+            NetworkValidation(ref e) => write_err!(f, "validation error"; e),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -178,6 +161,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for ParseError {
             LegacyAddressTooLong(ref e) => Some(e),
             InvalidBase58PayloadLength(ref e) => Some(e),
             InvalidLegacyPrefix(ref e) => Some(e),
+            NetworkValidation(ref e) => Some(e),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -214,6 +198,10 @@ impl From<InvalidLegacyPrefixError> for ParseError {
     fn from(e: InvalidLegacyPrefixError) -> Self { Self::InvalidLegacyPrefix(e) }
 }
 
+impl From<NetworkValidationError> for ParseError {
+    fn from(e: NetworkValidationError) -> Self { Self::NetworkValidation(e) }
+}
+
 /// Unknown HRP error.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
@@ -228,6 +216,26 @@ impl std::error::Error for UnknownHrpError {
     fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> { None }
 }
 
+/// Address's network differs from required one.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct NetworkValidationError {
+    /// Network that was required.
+    pub(crate) required: Network,
+    /// The address itself.
+    pub(crate) address: Address<NetworkUnchecked>,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for NetworkValidationError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "address ")?;
+        fmt::Display::fmt(&self.address.0, f)?;
+        write!(f, " is not valid on {}", self.required)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+impl std::error::Error for NetworkValidationError {}
+
 /// Decoded base58 data was an invalid length.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct InvalidBase58PayloadLengthError {
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/address/mod.rs b/bitcoin/src/address/mod.rs
index df1c7906..1af1580c 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/address/mod.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/address/mod.rs
@@ -667,12 +667,50 @@ impl Address<NetworkUnchecked> {
     ///
     /// For details about this mechanism, see section [*Parsing addresses*](Address#parsing-addresses)
     /// on [`Address`].
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// This function only ever returns the [`ParseError::NetworkValidation`] variant of
+    /// `ParseError`. This is not how we normally implement errors in this library but
+    /// `require_network` is not a typical function, it is conceptually part of string parsing.
+    ///
+    ///  # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use bitcoin::address::{NetworkChecked, NetworkUnchecked, ParseError};
+    /// use bitcoin::{Address, Network};
+    ///
+    /// const ADDR: &str = "bc1zw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvaryvaxxpcs";
+    ///
+    /// fn parse_and_validate_address(network: Network) -> Result<Address, ParseError> {
+    ///     let address = ADDR.parse::<Address<_>>()?
+    ///                       .require_network(network)?;
+    ///     Ok(address)
+    /// }
+    ///
+    /// fn parse_and_validate_address_combinator(network: Network) -> Result<Address, ParseError> {
+    ///     let address = ADDR.parse::<Address<_>>()
+    ///                       .and_then(|a| a.require_network(network))?;
+    ///     Ok(address)
+    /// }
+    ///
+    /// fn parse_and_validate_address_show_types(network: Network) -> Result<Address, ParseError> {
+    ///     let address: Address<NetworkChecked> = ADDR.parse::<Address<NetworkUnchecked>>()?
+    ///                                                .require_network(network)?;
+    ///     Ok(address)
+    /// }
+    ///
+    /// let network = Network::Bitcoin;  // Don't hard code network in applications.
+    /// let _ = parse_and_validate_address(network).unwrap();
+    /// let _ = parse_and_validate_address_combinator(network).unwrap();
+    /// let _ = parse_and_validate_address_show_types(network).unwrap();
+    /// ```
     #[inline]
-    pub fn require_network(self, required: Network) -> Result<Address, NetworkValidationError> {
+    pub fn require_network(self, required: Network) -> Result<Address, ParseError> {
         if self.is_valid_for_network(required) {
             Ok(self.assume_checked())
         } else {
-            Err(NetworkValidationError { required, address: self })
+            Err(NetworkValidationError { required, address: self }.into())
         }
     }