diff --git a/peach-lib/src/error.rs b/peach-lib/src/error.rs
index 96e7b4b3..e309195e 100644
--- a/peach-lib/src/error.rs
+++ b/peach-lib/src/error.rs
@@ -1,136 +1,222 @@
-//! Basic error handling for the network, OLED, stats and dyndns JSON-RPC clients.
-pub use snafu::ResultExt;
-use snafu::Snafu;
-use std::error;
-pub type BoxError = Box<dyn error::Error>;
+#![warn(missing_docs)]
 
-#[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
-#[snafu(visibility(pub(crate)))]
+//! Error handling for various aspects of the PeachCloud system, including the network, OLED, stats and dyndns JSON-RPC clients, as well as the configuration manager, sbot client and password utilities.
+
+use std::{io, str, string};
+
+/// This type represents all possible errors that can occur when interacting with the PeachCloud library.
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum PeachError {
-    #[snafu(display("{}", source))]
-    JsonRpcHttp { source: jsonrpc_client_http::Error },
-    #[snafu(display("{}", source))]
-    JsonRpcClientCore { source: jsonrpc_client_core::Error },
-    #[snafu(display("{}", source))]
-    Serde { source: serde_json::error::Error },
-    #[snafu(display("{}", source))]
-    PeachParseBoolError { source: std::str::ParseBoolError },
-    #[snafu(display("{}", source))]
-    SetConfigError { source: serde_yaml::Error },
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to read: {}", file))]
-    ReadConfigError {
-        source: std::io::Error,
-        file: String,
-    },
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to save: {}", file))]
-    WriteConfigError {
-        source: std::io::Error,
-        file: String,
-    },
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to save tsig key: {} {}", path, source))]
-    SaveTsigKeyError {
-        source: std::io::Error,
-        path: String,
-    },
-    #[snafu(display("{}", msg))]
-    NsUpdateError { msg: String },
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to run nsupdate: {}", source))]
-    NsCommandError { source: std::io::Error },
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to get public IP address: {}", source))]
-    GetPublicIpError { source: std::io::Error },
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to decode public ip: {}", source))]
-    DecodePublicIpError { source: std::str::Utf8Error },
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to decode nsupdate output: {}", source))]
-    DecodeNsUpdateOutputError { source: std::string::FromUtf8Error },
-    #[snafu(display("{}", source))]
-    YamlError { source: serde_yaml::Error },
-    #[snafu(display("{:?}", err))]
-    JsonRpcCore { err: jsonrpc_core::Error },
-    #[snafu(display("Error creating regex: {}", source))]
-    RegexError { source: regex::Error },
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to decode utf8: {}", source))]
-    FromUtf8Error { source: std::string::FromUtf8Error },
-    #[snafu(display("Encountered Utf8Error: {}", source))]
-    Utf8Error { source: std::str::Utf8Error },
-    #[snafu(display("Stdio error: {}: {}", msg, source))]
-    StdIoError { source: std::io::Error, msg: String },
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to parse time from {} {}", source, msg))]
-    ChronoParseError {
-        source: chrono::ParseError,
+    /// Represents all other cases of `std::io::Error`.
+    Io(io::Error),
+
+    /// Represents a JSON-RPC core error returned from a JSON-RPC client.
+    JsonRpcClientCore(jsonrpc_client_core::Error),
+
+    /// Represents a JSON-RPC core error returned from a JSON-RPC server.
+    JsonRpcCore(jsonrpc_core::Error),
+
+    /// Represents a JSON-RPC HTTP error returned from a JSON-RPC client.
+    JsonRpcHttp(jsonrpc_client_http::Error),
+
+    /// Represents a failure to update the nameserver.
+    NsUpdate {
+        /// A message describing the context of the attempted nameserver update.
         msg: String,
     },
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to save dynamic dns success log: {}", source))]
-    SaveDynDnsResultError { source: std::io::Error },
-    #[snafu(display("New passwords do not match"))]
-    PasswordsDoNotMatch,
-    #[snafu(display("No admin password is set"))]
+
+    /// Represents a failure to parse a string slice to a boolean value.
+    ParseBool(str::ParseBoolError),
+
+    /// Represents a failure to parse a `DateTime`. Includes the error source and the file path
+    /// used in the parse attempt.
+    ParseDateTime {
+        /// The underlying source of the error.
+        source: chrono::ParseError,
+        /// The file path for the parse attempt.
+        path: String,
+    },
+
+    /// Represents the submission of an incorrect admin password.
+    PasswordIncorrect,
+
+    /// Represents the submission of two passwords which do not match.
+    PasswordMismatch,
+
+    /// Represents an unset admin password (empty password hash value) in the config file.
     PasswordNotSet,
-    #[snafu(display("The supplied password was not correct"))]
-    InvalidPassword,
-    #[snafu(display("Error saving new password: {}", msg))]
-    FailedToSetNewPassword { msg: String },
-    #[snafu(display("Error calling sbotcli: {}", msg))]
-    SbotCliError { msg: String },
-    #[snafu(display("Error deleting ssb admin id, id not found"))]
-    SsbAdminIdNotFound { id: String },
+
+    /// Represents a failure to read from input. Includes the error source and the file path used
+    /// in the read attempt.
+    Read {
+        /// The underlying source of the error.
+        source: io::Error,
+        /// The file path for the read attempt.
+        path: String,
+    },
+
+    /// Represents a failure to parse or compile a regular expression.
+    Regex(regex::Error),
+
+    /// Represents a failure to successfully execute an sbot command.
+    SbotCli {
+        /// The `stderr` output from the sbot command.
+        msg: String,
+    },
+
+    /// Represents a failure to serialize or deserialize JSON.
+    SerdeJson(serde_json::error::Error),
+
+    /// Represents a failure to serialize or deserialize YAML.
+    SerdeYaml(serde_yaml::Error),
+
+    /// Represents a failure to find the given SSB ID in the config file.
+    SsbAdminIdNotFound {
+        /// An SSB ID (public key).
+        id: String,
+    },
+
+    /// Represents a failure to interpret a sequence of u8 as a string slice.
+    Utf8ToStr(str::Utf8Error),
+
+    /// Represents a failure to interpret a sequence of u8 as a String.
+    Utf8ToString(string::FromUtf8Error),
+
+    /// Represents a failure to write to output. Includes the error source and the file path used
+    /// in the write attempt.
+    Write {
+        /// The underlying source of the error.
+        source: io::Error,
+        /// The file path for the write attemp.
+        path: String,
+    },
 }
 
-impl From<jsonrpc_client_http::Error> for PeachError {
-    fn from(err: jsonrpc_client_http::Error) -> PeachError {
-        PeachError::JsonRpcHttp { source: err }
+impl std::error::Error for PeachError {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+        match *self {
+            PeachError::Io(_) => None,
+            PeachError::JsonRpcClientCore(_) => None,
+            PeachError::JsonRpcCore(_) => None,
+            PeachError::JsonRpcHttp(_) => None,
+            PeachError::NsUpdate { .. } => None,
+            PeachError::ParseBool(_) => None,
+            PeachError::ParseDateTime { ref source, .. } => Some(source),
+            PeachError::PasswordIncorrect => None,
+            PeachError::PasswordMismatch => None,
+            PeachError::PasswordNotSet => None,
+            PeachError::Read { ref source, .. } => Some(source),
+            PeachError::Regex(_) => None,
+            PeachError::SbotCli { .. } => None,
+            PeachError::SerdeJson(_) => None,
+            PeachError::SerdeYaml(_) => None,
+            PeachError::SsbAdminIdNotFound { .. } => None,
+            PeachError::Utf8ToStr(_) => None,
+            PeachError::Utf8ToString(_) => None,
+            PeachError::Write { ref source, .. } => Some(source),
+        }
     }
 }
 
-impl From<jsonrpc_client_core::Error> for PeachError {
-    fn from(err: jsonrpc_client_core::Error) -> PeachError {
-        PeachError::JsonRpcClientCore { source: err }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<serde_json::error::Error> for PeachError {
-    fn from(err: serde_json::error::Error) -> PeachError {
-        PeachError::Serde { source: err }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<serde_yaml::Error> for PeachError {
-    fn from(err: serde_yaml::Error) -> PeachError {
-        PeachError::YamlError { source: err }
+impl std::fmt::Display for PeachError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match *self {
+            PeachError::Io(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::JsonRpcClientCore(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::JsonRpcCore(ref err) => {
+                write!(f, "{:?}", err)
+            }
+            PeachError::JsonRpcHttp(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::NsUpdate { ref msg } => {
+                write!(f, "Nameserver error: {}", msg)
+            }
+            PeachError::ParseBool(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::ParseDateTime { ref path, .. } => {
+                write!(f, "Date/time parse error: {}", path)
+            }
+            PeachError::PasswordIncorrect => {
+                write!(f, "Password error: user-supplied password is incorrect")
+            }
+            PeachError::PasswordMismatch => {
+                write!(f, "Password error: user-supplied passwords do not match")
+            }
+            PeachError::PasswordNotSet => {
+                write!(
+                    f,
+                    "Password error: hash value in YAML configuration file is empty"
+                )
+            }
+            PeachError::Read { ref path, .. } => {
+                write!(f, "Read error: {}", path)
+            }
+            PeachError::Regex(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::SbotCli { ref msg } => {
+                write!(f, "Sbot error: {}", msg)
+            }
+            PeachError::SerdeJson(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::SerdeYaml(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::SsbAdminIdNotFound { ref id } => {
+                write!(f, "Config error: SSB admin ID `{}` not found", id)
+            }
+            PeachError::Utf8ToStr(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::Utf8ToString(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+            PeachError::Write { ref path, .. } => {
+                write!(f, "Write error: {}", path)
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
 impl From<std::io::Error> for PeachError {
     fn from(err: std::io::Error) -> PeachError {
-        PeachError::StdIoError {
-            source: err,
-            msg: "".to_string(),
-        }
+        PeachError::Io(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<jsonrpc_client_core::Error> for PeachError {
+    fn from(err: jsonrpc_client_core::Error) -> PeachError {
+        PeachError::JsonRpcClientCore(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<jsonrpc_client_http::Error> for PeachError {
+    fn from(err: jsonrpc_client_http::Error) -> PeachError {
+        PeachError::JsonRpcHttp(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<str::ParseBoolError> for PeachError {
+    fn from(err: str::ParseBoolError) -> PeachError {
+        PeachError::ParseBool(err)
     }
 }
 
 impl From<regex::Error> for PeachError {
     fn from(err: regex::Error) -> PeachError {
-        PeachError::RegexError { source: err }
+        PeachError::Regex(err)
     }
 }
 
-impl From<std::string::FromUtf8Error> for PeachError {
-    fn from(err: std::string::FromUtf8Error) -> PeachError {
-        PeachError::FromUtf8Error { source: err }
+impl From<serde_json::error::Error> for PeachError {
+    fn from(err: serde_json::error::Error) -> PeachError {
+        PeachError::SerdeJson(err)
     }
 }
 
-impl From<std::str::Utf8Error> for PeachError {
-    fn from(err: std::str::Utf8Error) -> PeachError {
-        PeachError::Utf8Error { source: err }
+impl From<serde_yaml::Error> for PeachError {
+    fn from(err: serde_yaml::Error) -> PeachError {
+        PeachError::SerdeYaml(err)
     }
 }
 
-impl From<chrono::ParseError> for PeachError {
-    fn from(err: chrono::ParseError) -> PeachError {
-        PeachError::ChronoParseError {
-            source: err,
-            msg: "".to_string(),
-        }
+impl From<str::Utf8Error> for PeachError {
+    fn from(err: str::Utf8Error) -> PeachError {
+        PeachError::Utf8ToStr(err)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<string::FromUtf8Error> for PeachError {
+    fn from(err: string::FromUtf8Error) -> PeachError {
+        PeachError::Utf8ToString(err)
     }
 }