diff --git a/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs b/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
index c4dad4f76..cf427199f 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
@@ -14,132 +14,29 @@
 //! scripts come with an opcode decode, hashes are big-endian, numbers are
 //! typically big-endian decimals, etc.)
 
-use core::{fmt, mem};
+use core::mem;
 
 use hashes::{sha256, sha256d, GeneralHash, Hash};
-use hex::error::{InvalidCharError, OddLengthStringError};
-use internals::{compact_size, write_err, ToU64};
+use hex::DisplayHex as _;
+use internals::{compact_size, ToU64};
 use io::{BufRead, Cursor, Read, Write};
 
+use super::IterReader;
 use crate::bip152::{PrefilledTransaction, ShortId};
 use crate::bip158::{FilterHash, FilterHeader};
 use crate::block::{self, BlockHash};
-use crate::consensus::{DecodeError, IterReader};
 use crate::merkle_tree::TxMerkleNode;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use crate::p2p::{
     address::{AddrV2Message, Address},
     message_blockdata::Inventory,
 };
-use crate::prelude::{rc, sync, Box, Cow, DisplayHex, String, Vec};
+use crate::prelude::{rc, sync, Box, Cow, String, Vec};
 use crate::taproot::TapLeafHash;
 use crate::transaction::{Transaction, TxIn, TxOut};
 
-/// Encoding error.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-#[non_exhaustive]
-pub enum Error {
-    /// And I/O error.
-    Io(io::Error),
-    /// Tried to allocate an oversized vector.
-    OversizedVectorAllocation {
-        /// The capacity requested.
-        requested: usize,
-        /// The maximum capacity.
-        max: usize,
-    },
-    /// Checksum was invalid.
-    InvalidChecksum {
-        /// The expected checksum.
-        expected: [u8; 4],
-        /// The invalid checksum.
-        actual: [u8; 4],
-    },
-    /// VarInt was encoded in a non-minimal way.
-    NonMinimalVarInt,
-    /// Parsing error.
-    ParseFailed(&'static str),
-    /// Unsupported Segwit flag.
-    UnsupportedSegwitFlag(u8),
-}
-
-internals::impl_from_infallible!(Error);
-
-impl fmt::Display for Error {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        use Error::*;
-
-        match *self {
-            Io(ref e) => write_err!(f, "IO error"; e),
-            OversizedVectorAllocation { requested: ref r, max: ref m } =>
-                write!(f, "allocation of oversized vector: requested {}, maximum {}", r, m),
-            InvalidChecksum { expected: ref e, actual: ref a } =>
-                write!(f, "invalid checksum: expected {:x}, actual {:x}", e.as_hex(), a.as_hex()),
-            NonMinimalVarInt => write!(f, "non-minimal varint"),
-            ParseFailed(ref s) => write!(f, "parse failed: {}", s),
-            UnsupportedSegwitFlag(ref swflag) =>
-                write!(f, "unsupported segwit version: {}", swflag),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
-impl std::error::Error for Error {
-    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
-        use Error::*;
-
-        match self {
-            Io(e) => Some(e),
-            OversizedVectorAllocation { .. }
-            | InvalidChecksum { .. }
-            | NonMinimalVarInt
-            | ParseFailed(_)
-            | UnsupportedSegwitFlag(_) => None,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<io::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(error: io::Error) -> Self { Error::Io(error) }
-}
-
-/// Hex deserialization error.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum FromHexError {
-    /// Purported hex string had odd length.
-    OddLengthString(OddLengthStringError),
-    /// Decoding error.
-    Decode(DecodeError<InvalidCharError>),
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for FromHexError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        use FromHexError::*;
-
-        match *self {
-            OddLengthString(ref e) =>
-                write_err!(f, "odd length, failed to create bytes from hex"; e),
-            Decode(ref e) => write_err!(f, "decoding error"; e),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
-impl std::error::Error for FromHexError {
-    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
-        use FromHexError::*;
-
-        match *self {
-            OddLengthString(ref e) => Some(e),
-            Decode(ref e) => Some(e),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<OddLengthStringError> for FromHexError {
-    #[inline]
-    fn from(e: OddLengthStringError) -> Self { Self::OddLengthString(e) }
-}
+#[rustfmt::skip]                // Keep public re-exports separate.
+pub use super::{Error, FromHexError};
 
 /// Encodes an object into a vector.
 pub fn serialize<T: Encodable + ?Sized>(data: &T) -> Vec<u8> {
@@ -859,6 +756,7 @@ impl Decodable for TapLeafHash {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use core::fmt;
     use core::mem::discriminant;
 
     use super::*;
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/consensus/error.rs b/bitcoin/src/consensus/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..181b8d310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitcoin/src/consensus/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+//! Consensus encoding errors.
+
+use core::fmt;
+
+use hex::error::{InvalidCharError, OddLengthStringError};
+use hex::DisplayHex as _;
+use internals::write_err;
+
+#[cfg(doc)]
+use super::IterReader;
+
+/// Error when consensus decoding from an `[IterReader]`.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum DecodeError<E> {
+    /// Attempted to decode an object from an iterator that yielded too many bytes.
+    TooManyBytes,
+    /// Invalid consensus encoding.
+    Consensus(Error),
+    /// Other decoding error.
+    Other(E),
+}
+
+internals::impl_from_infallible!(DecodeError<E>);
+
+impl<E: fmt::Debug> fmt::Display for DecodeError<E> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        use DecodeError::*;
+
+        match *self {
+            TooManyBytes =>
+                write!(f, "attempted to decode object from an iterator that yielded too many bytes"),
+            Consensus(ref e) => write_err!(f, "invalid consensus encoding"; e),
+            Other(ref other) => write!(f, "other decoding error: {:?}", other),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+impl<E: fmt::Debug> std::error::Error for DecodeError<E> {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+        use DecodeError::*;
+
+        match *self {
+            TooManyBytes => None,
+            Consensus(ref e) => Some(e),
+            Other(_) => None, // TODO: Is this correct?
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Encoding error.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum Error {
+    /// And I/O error.
+    Io(io::Error),
+    /// Tried to allocate an oversized vector.
+    OversizedVectorAllocation {
+        /// The capacity requested.
+        requested: usize,
+        /// The maximum capacity.
+        max: usize,
+    },
+    /// Checksum was invalid.
+    InvalidChecksum {
+        /// The expected checksum.
+        expected: [u8; 4],
+        /// The invalid checksum.
+        actual: [u8; 4],
+    },
+    /// VarInt was encoded in a non-minimal way.
+    NonMinimalVarInt,
+    /// Parsing error.
+    ParseFailed(&'static str),
+    /// Unsupported Segwit flag.
+    UnsupportedSegwitFlag(u8),
+}
+
+internals::impl_from_infallible!(Error);
+
+impl fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        use Error::*;
+
+        match *self {
+            Io(ref e) => write_err!(f, "IO error"; e),
+            OversizedVectorAllocation { requested: ref r, max: ref m } =>
+                write!(f, "allocation of oversized vector: requested {}, maximum {}", r, m),
+            InvalidChecksum { expected: ref e, actual: ref a } =>
+                write!(f, "invalid checksum: expected {:x}, actual {:x}", e.as_hex(), a.as_hex()),
+            NonMinimalVarInt => write!(f, "non-minimal varint"),
+            ParseFailed(ref s) => write!(f, "parse failed: {}", s),
+            UnsupportedSegwitFlag(ref swflag) =>
+                write!(f, "unsupported segwit version: {}", swflag),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+impl std::error::Error for Error {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+        use Error::*;
+
+        match self {
+            Io(e) => Some(e),
+            OversizedVectorAllocation { .. }
+            | InvalidChecksum { .. }
+            | NonMinimalVarInt
+            | ParseFailed(_)
+            | UnsupportedSegwitFlag(_) => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<io::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(error: io::Error) -> Self { Error::Io(error) }
+}
+
+/// Hex deserialization error.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum FromHexError {
+    /// Purported hex string had odd length.
+    OddLengthString(OddLengthStringError),
+    /// Decoding error.
+    Decode(DecodeError<InvalidCharError>),
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for FromHexError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        use FromHexError::*;
+
+        match *self {
+            OddLengthString(ref e) =>
+                write_err!(f, "odd length, failed to create bytes from hex"; e),
+            Decode(ref e) => write_err!(f, "decoding error"; e),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+impl std::error::Error for FromHexError {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+        use FromHexError::*;
+
+        match *self {
+            OddLengthString(ref e) => Some(e),
+            Decode(ref e) => Some(e),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<OddLengthStringError> for FromHexError {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(e: OddLengthStringError) -> Self { Self::OddLengthString(e) }
+}
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/consensus/mod.rs b/bitcoin/src/consensus/mod.rs
index 1150af014..a12b22e13 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/consensus/mod.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/consensus/mod.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 //! conform to Bitcoin consensus.
 
 pub mod encode;
+mod error;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 pub mod serde;
 
 use core::fmt;
 
-use internals::write_err;
 use io::{BufRead, Read};
 
 use crate::consensus;
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use crate::consensus;
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use self::{
     encode::{deserialize, deserialize_partial, serialize, Decodable, Encodable, ReadExt, WriteExt},
+    error::{Error, FromHexError, DecodeError},
 };
 
 struct IterReader<E: fmt::Debug, I: Iterator<Item = Result<u8, E>>> {
@@ -102,42 +103,3 @@ impl<E: fmt::Debug, I: Iterator<Item = Result<u8, E>>> BufRead for IterReader<E,
         }
     }
 }
-
-/// Error when consensus decoding from an `[IterReader]`.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum DecodeError<E> {
-    /// Attempted to decode an object from an iterator that yielded too many bytes.
-    TooManyBytes,
-    /// Invalid consensus encoding.
-    Consensus(consensus::encode::Error),
-    /// Other decoding error.
-    Other(E),
-}
-
-internals::impl_from_infallible!(DecodeError<E>);
-
-impl<E: fmt::Debug> fmt::Display for DecodeError<E> {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        use DecodeError::*;
-
-        match *self {
-            TooManyBytes =>
-                write!(f, "attempted to decode object from an iterator that yielded too many bytes"),
-            Consensus(ref e) => write_err!(f, "invalid consensus encoding"; e),
-            Other(ref other) => write!(f, "other decoding error: {:?}", other),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
-impl<E: fmt::Debug> std::error::Error for DecodeError<E> {
-    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
-        use DecodeError::*;
-
-        match *self {
-            TooManyBytes => None,
-            Consensus(ref e) => Some(e),
-            Other(_) => None, // TODO: Is this correct?
-        }
-    }
-}