diff --git a/defaults.go b/defaults.go
index 4b1de62d..cc72ad81 100644
--- a/defaults.go
+++ b/defaults.go
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func Fqdn(s string) string {
 func ReverseAddr(addr string) (arpa string, err error) {
 	ip := net.ParseIP(addr)
 	if ip == nil {
-		return "", &Error{Err: "unrecognized address", Name: addr}
+		return "", &Error{Err: "unrecognized address: " + addr}
 	}
 	if ip.To4() != nil {
 		return strconv.Itoa(int(ip[15])) + "." + strconv.Itoa(int(ip[14])) + "." + strconv.Itoa(int(ip[13])) + "." +
diff --git a/dns.go b/dns.go
index d6ccc24b..ed7b87cf 100644
--- a/dns.go
+++ b/dns.go
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
 package dns
 
 import (
-	"net"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
@@ -90,22 +89,13 @@ const (
 )
 
 // Error represents a DNS error
-type Error struct {
-	Err     string
-	Name    string
-	Server  net.Addr
-	Timeout bool
-}
+type Error struct{ err string }
 
 func (e *Error) Error() string {
 	if e == nil {
 		return "dns: <nil>"
 	}
-	if e.Name == "" {
-		return "dns: " + e.Err
-	}
-	return "dns: " + e.Name + ": " + e.Err
-
+	return "dns: " + e.err
 }
 
 // An RR represents a resource record.
diff --git a/msg.go b/msg.go
index 3e170b92..fdc0bb1f 100644
--- a/msg.go
+++ b/msg.go
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ func packStructValue(val reflect.Value, msg []byte, off int, compression map[str
 		case reflect.Slice:
 			switch val.Type().Field(i).Tag {
 			default:
-				return lenmsg, &Error{Name: val.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("dns"), Err: "bad tag packing slice"}
+				return lenmsg, &Error{"bad tag packing slice: " + val.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("dns")}
 			case `dns:"domain-name"`:
 				for j := 0; j < val.Field(i).Len(); j++ {
 					element := val.Field(i).Index(j).String()
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ func packStructValue(val reflect.Value, msg []byte, off int, compression map[str
 			s := fv.String()
 			switch val.Type().Field(i).Tag {
 			default:
-				return lenmsg, &Error{Name: val.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("dns"), Err: "bad tag packing string"}
+				return lenmsg, &Error{"bad tag packing string: " + val.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("dns")}
 			case `dns:"base64"`:
 				b64, err := packBase64([]byte(s))
 				if err != nil {
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ func unpackStructValue(val reflect.Value, msg []byte, off int) (off1 int, err er
 		case reflect.Slice:
 			switch val.Type().Field(i).Tag {
 			default:
-				return lenmsg, &Error{Name: val.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("dns"), Err: "bad tag unpacking slice"}
+				return lenmsg, &Error{"bad tag unpacking slice: " + val.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("dns")}
 			case `dns:"domain-name"`:
 				// HIP record slice of name (or none)
 				servers := make([]string, 0)
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ func unpackStructValue(val reflect.Value, msg []byte, off int) (off1 int, err er
 			var s string
 			switch val.Type().Field(i).Tag {
 			default:
-				return lenmsg, &Error{Name: val.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("dns"), Err: "bad tag unpacking string"}
+				return lenmsg, &Error{"bad tag unpacking string: " + val.Type().Field(i).Tag.Get("dns")}
 			case `dns:"hex"`:
 				// Rest of the RR is hex encoded, network order an issue here?
 				rdlength := int(val.FieldByName("Hdr").FieldByName("Rdlength").Uint())
@@ -1342,9 +1342,8 @@ func (dns *Msg) Unpack(msg []byte) (err error) {
 		}
 	}
 	if off != len(msg) {
-		// TODO(mg) remove eventually
-		// Err: extra bytes in packet
-		println("dns: extra bytes in dns packet", off, "<", len(msg))
+		// TODO(miek) make this an error?
+		// println("dns: extra bytes in dns packet", off, "<", len(msg))
 	}
 	return nil
 }