diff --git a/zbus/src/connection/connect/macos.rs b/zbus/src/connection/connect/macos.rs
index 21db9b20c..85e7bbc63 100644
--- a/zbus/src/connection/connect/macos.rs
+++ b/zbus/src/connection/connect/macos.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use super::socket;
 use crate::{
-    address::{transport::Transport, Address},
+    address::{self, transport::Transport, Address},
     process::run,
     Error, Result,
 };
@@ -13,14 +13,15 @@ async fn launchd_bus_address(env_key: &str) -> Result<Address<'static>> {
         .expect("failed to wait on launchctl output");
 
     if !output.status.success() {
-        return Err(Error::Address(format!(
+        return Err(Error::Failure(format!(
             "launchctl terminated with code: {}",
             output.status
         )));
     }
 
-    let addr = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
-        .map_err(|e| Error::Address(format!("Unable to parse launchctl output as UTF-8: {}", e)))?;
+    let addr = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).map_err(|e| {
+        address::Error::Encoding(format!("Unable to parse launchctl output as UTF-8: {}", e))
+    })?;
 
     Ok(format!("unix:path={}", addr.trim()).try_into()?)
 }
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ pub(crate) async fn connect(
 
     match addr.transport()? {
         Transport::Unix(t) => socket::unix::connect(&t).await,
-        _ => Err(Error::Address(format!("Address is unsupported: {}", addr))),
+        _ => {
+            tracing::debug!("Address is unsupported: {}", addr);
+            Err(Error::Unsupported)
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/zbus/src/connection/connect/mod.rs b/zbus/src/connection/connect/mod.rs
index 34e25b9f6..50f93ed70 100644
--- a/zbus/src/connection/connect/mod.rs
+++ b/zbus/src/connection/connect/mod.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn connect_address(
             }
         }
     }
-    Err(Error::Address("No connectable address".into()))
+    Err(Error::Failure("No connectable address".into()))
 }
 
 async fn connect(addr: &Address<'_>) -> ConnectResult {
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ async fn connect(addr: &Address<'_>) -> ConnectResult {
             return win32::connect(&l).await;
         }
         _ => {
-            return Err(Error::Address(format!("Unhandled address: {}", addr)));
+            tracing::debug!("Unsupported address: {addr}");
+            return Err(Error::Unsupported);
         }
     };
     Ok((split, guid))
diff --git a/zbus/src/connection/socket/tcp.rs b/zbus/src/connection/socket/tcp.rs
index 80c62a0da..3ce184dfd 100644
--- a/zbus/src/connection/socket/tcp.rs
+++ b/zbus/src/connection/socket/tcp.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ use std::os::fd::BorrowedFd;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "tokio"))]
 use std::{net::TcpStream, sync::Arc};
 
-use crate::{address::transport::TcpFamily, Error, Result};
+use crate::{
+    address::{self, transport::TcpFamily},
+    Result,
+};
 
 use super::{ReadHalf, RecvmsgResult, WriteHalf};
 #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
@@ -211,19 +214,18 @@ async fn connect_with(host: &str, port: u16, family: Option<TcpFamily>) -> Resul
             },
             "connect tcp",
         )
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| Error::Address(format!("Failed to receive TCP addresses: {e}")))?;
+        .await?;
 
         // we could attempt connections in parallel?
-        let mut last_err = Error::Address("Failed to connect".into());
+        let mut last_err = io::Error::other("No address");
         for addr in addrs {
             match Stream::connect(addr).await {
                 Ok(stream) => return Ok(stream),
-                Err(e) => last_err = e.into(),
+                Err(e) => last_err = e,
             }
         }
 
-        Err(last_err)
+        Err(last_err.into())
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
@@ -238,10 +240,10 @@ async fn connect_with(host: &str, port: u16, family: Option<TcpFamily>) -> Resul
 
 pub(crate) async fn connect(addr: &crate::address::transport::Tcp<'_>) -> Result<Stream> {
     let Some(host) = addr.host() else {
-        return Err(Error::Address("No host in address".into()));
+        return Err(address::Error::MissingValue("host".into()).into());
     };
     let Some(port) = addr.port() else {
-        return Err(Error::Address("No port in address".into()));
+        return Err(address::Error::MissingValue("port".into()).into());
     };
 
     connect_with(host, port, addr.family()).await
@@ -251,13 +253,13 @@ pub(crate) async fn connect_nonce(
     addr: &crate::address::transport::NonceTcp<'_>,
 ) -> Result<Stream> {
     let Some(host) = addr.host() else {
-        return Err(Error::Address("No host in address".into()));
+        return Err(address::Error::MissingValue("host".into()).into());
     };
     let Some(port) = addr.port() else {
-        return Err(Error::Address("No port in address".into()));
+        return Err(address::Error::MissingValue("port".into()).into());
     };
     let Some(noncefile) = addr.noncefile() else {
-        return Err(Error::Address("No noncefile in address".into()));
+        return Err(address::Error::MissingValue("noncefile".into()).into());
     };
 
     #[allow(unused_mut)]
diff --git a/zbus/src/connection/socket/unix.rs b/zbus/src/connection/socket/unix.rs
index 72edff430..48c212800 100644
--- a/zbus/src/connection/socket/unix.rs
+++ b/zbus/src/connection/socket/unix.rs
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn connect(addr: &crate::address::transport::Unix<'_>) -> Resul
         UnixAddrKind::Path(p) => p.clone().into_owned(),
         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
         UnixAddrKind::Abstract(name) => SocketAddr::from_abstract_name(name)?,
-        _ => return Err(Error::Address("Address is not connectable".into())),
+        _ => return Err(Error::Failure("Address is not connectable".into())),
     };
 
     let stream = crate::Task::spawn_blocking(