diff --git a/internals/api/uuid/uuid.go b/internals/api/uuid/uuid.go
index d958e5de..d6813068 100644
--- a/internals/api/uuid/uuid.go
+++ b/internals/api/uuid/uuid.go
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 // Errors
 var (
-	errInvalidUUID    = errio.Namespace("uuid").Code("invalid")
-	ErrInvalidUUIDErr = errInvalidUUID.ErrorPref("invalid uuid: %s")
+	ErrInvalidUUID = errio.Namespace("uuid").Code("invalid").ErrorPref("invalid uuid: %s")
 )
 
 // UUID is a wrapper around go.uuid.UUID
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ func New() *UUID {
 func FromString(str string) (*UUID, error) {
 	id, err := gid.FromString(str)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, ErrInvalidUUIDErr(err)
+		return nil, ErrInvalidUUID(err)
 	}
 	return &UUID{id}, nil
 }
@@ -53,12 +52,3 @@ func Validate(str string) error {
 	_, err := FromString(str)
 	return err
 }
-
-// IsErrInvalidUUID returns whether the given error is returned for an invalid uuid.
-func IsErrInvalidUUID(err error) bool {
-	publicErr, ok := err.(errio.PublicError)
-	if !ok {
-		return false
-	}
-	return publicErr.Namespace == errInvalidUUID.Namespace && publicErr.Code == errInvalidUUID.Code
-}
diff --git a/internals/errio/errors.go b/internals/errio/errors.go
index bda15b17..ea490e0b 100644
--- a/internals/errio/errors.go
+++ b/internals/errio/errors.go
@@ -254,3 +254,12 @@ func Wrap(base PublicStatusError, errs ...error) PublicStatusError {
 
 	return base
 }
+
+// Equals returns whether the errors have matching namespace and code.
+func Equals(a PublicError, b error) bool {
+	publicError, ok := b.(PublicError)
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	return a.Namespace == publicError.Namespace && a.Code == publicError.Code
+}
diff --git a/internals/errio/errors_test.go b/internals/errio/errors_test.go
index 32e767b9..9e763e86 100644
--- a/internals/errio/errors_test.go
+++ b/internals/errio/errors_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/secrethub/secrethub-go/internals/assert"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -112,3 +114,40 @@ func TestUnexpectedStatusError(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("returned error does not contain a message")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestEquals(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		a        PublicError
+		b        error
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		"completely equal errors": {
+			a: Namespace("app").Code("invalid foo").Error("invalid value for foo: value should be a string"),
+			b: Namespace("app").Code("invalid foo").Error("invalid value for foo: value should be a string"),
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		"different error message": {
+			a: Namespace("app").Code("invalid value").Error("invalid value for foo: value should be a string"),
+			b: Namespace("app").Code("invalid value").Error("invalid value for foo: value cannot contain special characters"),
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		"different namespace": {
+			a: Namespace("app").Code("invalid foo").Error("invalid value for foo: value should be a string"),
+			b: Namespace("foo").Code("invalid foo").Error("invalid value for foo: value should be a string"),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		"different code": {
+			a: Namespace("app").Code("invalid foo").Error("invalid value for foo: value should be a string"),
+			b: Namespace("app").Code("unauthenticated").Error("request is not authenticated"),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actual := Equals(tc.a, tc.b)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, actual, tc.expected)
+		})
+	}
+}