diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index ab83b3a5..64401d65 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func SafeToRetry(err error) bool {
 // Timeout checks if err was was caused by a timeout. To be specific, it is true if err was caused within pgconn by a
 // context.Canceled, context.DeadlineExceeded or an implementer of net.Error where Timeout() is true.
 func Timeout(err error) bool {
-	var timeoutErr *ErrTimeout
+	var timeoutErr *errTimeout
 	return errors.As(err, &timeoutErr)
 }
 
@@ -129,21 +129,21 @@ func (e *pgconnError) Unwrap() error {
 	return e.err
 }
 
-// ErrTimeout occurs when an error was caused by a timeout. Specifically, it wraps an error which is
+// errTimeout occurs when an error was caused by a timeout. Specifically, it wraps an error which is
 // context.Canceled, context.DeadlineExceeded, or an implementer of net.Error where Timeout() is true.
-type ErrTimeout struct {
+type errTimeout struct {
 	err error
 }
 
-func (e *ErrTimeout) Error() string {
+func (e *errTimeout) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("timeout: %s", e.err.Error())
 }
 
-func (e *ErrTimeout) SafeToRetry() bool {
+func (e *errTimeout) SafeToRetry() bool {
 	return SafeToRetry(e.err)
 }
 
-func (e *ErrTimeout) Unwrap() error {
+func (e *errTimeout) Unwrap() error {
 	return e.err
 }
 
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ func (e *contextAlreadyDoneError) Unwrap() error {
 	return e.err
 }
 
-// newContextAlreadyDoneError double-wraps a context error in `contextAlreadyDoneError` and `ErrTimeout`.
+// newContextAlreadyDoneError double-wraps a context error in `contextAlreadyDoneError` and `errTimeout`.
 func newContextAlreadyDoneError(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
-	return &ErrTimeout{&contextAlreadyDoneError{err: ctx.Err()}}
+	return &errTimeout{&contextAlreadyDoneError{err: ctx.Err()}}
 }
 
 type writeError struct {
diff --git a/pgconn.go b/pgconn.go
index 74e24257..a17a108d 100644
--- a/pgconn.go
+++ b/pgconn.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func connect(ctx context.Context, config *Config, fallbackConfig *FallbackConfig
 	if err != nil {
 		var netErr net.Error
 		if errors.As(err, &netErr) && netErr.Timeout() {
-			err = &ErrTimeout{err: err}
+			err = &errTimeout{err: err}
 		}
 		return nil, &connectError{config: config, msg: "dial error", err: err}
 	}
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ func (pgConn *PgConn) peekMessage() (pgproto3.BackendMessage, error) {
 		if !(isNetErr && netErr.Timeout()) {
 			pgConn.asyncClose()
 		} else if isNetErr && netErr.Timeout() {
-			err = &ErrTimeout{err: err}
+			err = &errTimeout{err: err}
 		}
 
 		return nil, err
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ func (pgConn *PgConn) receiveMessage() (pgproto3.BackendMessage, error) {
 		if !(isNetErr && netErr.Timeout()) {
 			pgConn.asyncClose()
 		} else if isNetErr && netErr.Timeout() {
-			err = &ErrTimeout{err: err}
+			err = &errTimeout{err: err}
 		}
 
 		return nil, err