diff --git a/src/cli.cc b/src/cli.cc
index a1964bc..f2c2b7b 100644
--- a/src/cli.cc
+++ b/src/cli.cc
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static ot::status process(ot::ogg_reader& reader, ot::ogg_writer* writer, const
 			return rc;
 	}
 	if (packet_count < 2)
-		return {ot::st::fatal_error, "Expected at least 2 Ogg packets"};
+		return {ot::st::error, "Expected at least 2 Ogg packets"};
 	return ot::st::ok;
 }
 
@@ -310,14 +310,14 @@ ot::status ot::run(const ot::options& opt)
 			rc = temporary_output.open(opt.path_out.c_str());
 			output = temporary_output.get();
 		} else {
-			rc = {ot::st::fatal_error,
+			rc = {ot::st::error,
 			      "'" + opt.path_out + "' already exists. Use -y to overwrite."};
 		}
 	} else if (errno == ENOENT) {
 		rc = temporary_output.open(opt.path_out.c_str());
 		output = temporary_output.get();
 	} else {
-		rc = {ot::st::fatal_error,
+		rc = {ot::st::error,
 		      "Could not identify '" + opt.path_in + "': " + strerror(errno)};
 	}
 	if (rc != ot::st::ok)
diff --git a/src/opustags.h b/src/opustags.h
index 173e331..e98c5d0 100644
--- a/src/opustags.h
+++ b/src/opustags.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ namespace ot {
  * have it explictly mentionned in their documentation. By default, a non-ok status should be
  * handled like an error.
  *
+ * Error codes do not need to be ultra specific, and are mainly used to report special conditions to
+ * the caller function. Ultimately, only the error message in the #status is shown to the user.
+ *
  * The cut error family means that the end of packet was reached when attempting to read the
  * overflowing value. For example, cut_comment_count means that after reading the vendor string,
  * less than 4 bytes were left in the packet.
@@ -48,8 +51,9 @@ namespace ot {
 enum class st {
 	/* Generic */
 	ok,
+	error,
+	standard_error, /**< Error raised by the C standard library. */
 	int_overflow,
-	standard_error,
 	/* Ogg */
 	end_of_stream,
 	end_of_page,
@@ -65,7 +69,6 @@ enum class st {
 	cut_comment_data,
 	/* CLI */
 	bad_arguments,
-	fatal_error,
 };
 
 /**