diff --git a/object_store/src/client/retry.rs b/object_store/src/client/retry.rs
index 5df4ce059c24..28f8a70e0097 100644
--- a/object_store/src/client/retry.rs
+++ b/object_store/src/client/retry.rs
@@ -30,21 +30,32 @@ use tracing::info;
 /// Retry request error
 #[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
 pub enum Error {
+    /// The response sent by the cloud provider was a redirect without a
+    /// location header. This normally indicates an incorrectly configured region.
     #[snafu(display("Received redirect without LOCATION, this normally indicates an incorrectly configured region"))]
     BareRedirect,
 
+    /// The client received an error response that cannot be retried.
     #[snafu(display("Client error with status {status}: {}", body.as_deref().unwrap_or("No Body")))]
     Client {
+        /// The HTTP status code.
         status: StatusCode,
+        /// The error body.
         body: Option<String>,
     },
 
+    /// The number of retries was exhausted or the time limit was reached.
     #[snafu(display("Error after {retries} retries in {elapsed:?}, max_retries:{max_retries}, retry_timeout:{retry_timeout:?}, source:{source}"))]
     Reqwest {
+        /// The number of retries attempted.
         retries: usize,
+        /// The maximum number of retries allowed.
         max_retries: usize,
+        /// The time elapsed since the first attempt.
         elapsed: Duration,
+        /// The maximum amount of time to spend retrying.
         retry_timeout: Duration,
+        /// The error that occurred while processing a Request.
         source: reqwest::Error,
     },
 }
@@ -68,7 +79,8 @@ impl Error {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn error(self, store: &'static str, path: String) -> crate::Error {
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "aws", feature = "gcp", feature = "azure"))]
+    pub(crate) fn error(self, store: &'static str, path: String) -> crate::Error {
         match self.status() {
             Some(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND) => crate::Error::NotFound {
                 path,
diff --git a/object_store/src/lib.rs b/object_store/src/lib.rs
index 904cb670e407..fb47d9c87e8b 100644
--- a/object_store/src/lib.rs
+++ b/object_store/src/lib.rs
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ mod client;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "cloud")]
 pub use client::{
-    backoff::BackoffConfig, retry::RetryConfig, ClientConfigKey, ClientOptions, CredentialProvider,
-    StaticCredentialProvider,
+    backoff::BackoffConfig, retry::Error as ClientError, retry::RetryConfig, ClientConfigKey,
+    ClientOptions, CredentialProvider, StaticCredentialProvider,
 };
 
 #[cfg(feature = "cloud")]