diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 1723028..ffe39d5 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::backtrace::Backtrace;
 use crate::context::ContextError;
+use crate::{Chain, Error};
 use std::any::TypeId;
 use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
@@ -7,20 +8,6 @@ use std::mem::{self, ManuallyDrop};
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::ptr;
 
-/// The `Error` type, a wrapper around a dynamic error type.
-///
-/// `Error` works a lot like `Box<dyn std::error::Error>`, but with these
-/// differences:
-///
-/// - `Error` requires that the error is `Send`, `Sync`, and `'static`.
-/// - `Error` guarantees that a backtrace is available, even if the underlying
-///   error type does not provide one.
-/// - `Error` is represented as a narrow pointer &mdash; exactly one word in
-///   size instead of two.
-pub struct Error {
-    inner: ManuallyDrop<Box<ErrorImpl<()>>>,
-}
-
 impl Error {
     /// Create a new error object from any error type.
     ///
@@ -405,7 +392,7 @@ where
 
 // repr C to ensure that `E` remains in the final position
 #[repr(C)]
-struct ErrorImpl<E> {
+pub(crate) struct ErrorImpl<E> {
     vtable: &'static ErrorVTable,
     type_id: TypeId,
     backtrace: Option<Backtrace>,
@@ -578,29 +565,6 @@ impl From<Error> for Box<dyn StdError + 'static> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Iterator of a chain of source errors.
-///
-/// This type is the iterator returned by [`Error::chain`].
-///
-/// # Example
-///
-/// ```
-/// use anyhow::Error;
-/// use std::io;
-///
-/// pub fn underlying_io_error_kind(error: &Error) -> Option<io::ErrorKind> {
-///     for cause in error.chain() {
-///         if let Some(io_error) = cause.downcast_ref::<io::Error>() {
-///             return Some(io_error.kind());
-///         }
-///     }
-///     None
-/// }
-/// ```
-pub struct Chain<'a> {
-    next: Option<&'a (dyn StdError + 'static)>,
-}
-
 impl<'a> Iterator for Chain<'a> {
     type Item = &'a (dyn StdError + 'static);
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b65e9cb..25d03e6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -183,9 +183,47 @@ mod kind;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
 compile_error!("no_std support is not implemented yet");
 
+use crate::error::ErrorImpl;
+use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::mem::ManuallyDrop;
 
-pub use crate::error::{Chain, Error};
+/// The `Error` type, a wrapper around a dynamic error type.
+///
+/// `Error` works a lot like `Box<dyn std::error::Error>`, but with these
+/// differences:
+///
+/// - `Error` requires that the error is `Send`, `Sync`, and `'static`.
+/// - `Error` guarantees that a backtrace is available, even if the underlying
+///   error type does not provide one.
+/// - `Error` is represented as a narrow pointer &mdash; exactly one word in
+///   size instead of two.
+pub struct Error {
+    inner: ManuallyDrop<Box<ErrorImpl<()>>>,
+}
+
+/// Iterator of a chain of source errors.
+///
+/// This type is the iterator returned by [`Error::chain`].
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```
+/// use anyhow::Error;
+/// use std::io;
+///
+/// pub fn underlying_io_error_kind(error: &Error) -> Option<io::ErrorKind> {
+///     for cause in error.chain() {
+///         if let Some(io_error) = cause.downcast_ref::<io::Error>() {
+///             return Some(io_error.kind());
+///         }
+///     }
+///     None
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub struct Chain<'a> {
+    next: Option<&'a (dyn StdError + 'static)>,
+}
 
 /// `Result<T, Error>`
 ///