diff --git a/jaarg/src/help.rs b/jaarg/src/help.rs
index 57b9275..84fad67 100644
--- a/jaarg/src/help.rs
+++ b/jaarg/src/help.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  */
 
+/// Enough context to show full help text.
 pub struct HelpWriterContext<'a, ID: 'static> {
   pub options: &'a Opts<ID>,
   pub program_name: &'a str,
@@ -184,3 +185,43 @@ impl<ID> core::fmt::Display for StandardFullHelpWriter<'_, ID> {
     Ok(())
   }
 }
+
+
+// Enough context to show usage and error information.
+pub struct ErrorUsageWriterContext<'a, ID: 'static> {
+  pub options: &'a Opts<ID>,
+  pub program_name: &'a str,
+  pub error: ParseError<'a>
+}
+
+pub trait ErrorUsageWriter<'a, ID: 'static>: core::fmt::Display {
+  fn new(ctx: ErrorUsageWriterContext<'a, ID>) -> Self;
+}
+
+pub struct StandardErrorUsageWriter<'a, ID: 'static>(ErrorUsageWriterContext<'a, ID>);
+
+impl<'a, ID: 'static> ErrorUsageWriter<'a, ID> for StandardErrorUsageWriter<'a, ID> {
+  fn new(ctx: ErrorUsageWriterContext<'a, ID>) -> Self { Self(ctx) }
+}
+
+impl<ID> core::fmt::Display for StandardErrorUsageWriter<'_, ID> {
+  fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+    // Write error
+    writeln!(f, "{name}: {error}", name=self.0.program_name, error = self.0.error)?;
+
+    // Write usage
+    writeln!(f, "{}", StandardShortUsageWriter::new(HelpWriterContext {
+      options: self.0.options,
+      program_name: self.0.program_name
+    }))?;
+
+    // Write full help instruction if a
+    if let Some(help_option) = self.0.options.help_option() {
+      writeln!(f, "Run '{name} {help}' to view all available options.",
+        name = self.0.program_name,
+        // Prefer long name, but otherwise any name is fine
+        help = help_option.first_long_name().unwrap_or(help_option.first_name()))?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+  }
+}
diff --git a/jaarg/src/std.rs b/jaarg/src/std.rs
index e710a54..2b5319b 100644
--- a/jaarg/src/std.rs
+++ b/jaarg/src/std.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 extern crate std;
 
 use crate::alloc::ParseMapResult;
-use crate::{HandlerResult, HelpWriter, HelpWriterContext, Opt, Opts, ParseControl, ParseError, ParseResult, StandardFullHelpWriter, StandardShortUsageWriter};
+use crate::{ErrorUsageWriter, ErrorUsageWriterContext, HandlerResult, HelpWriter, HelpWriterContext, Opt, Opts, ParseControl, ParseError, ParseResult, StandardErrorUsageWriter, StandardFullHelpWriter};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::rc::Rc;
-use std::{env, eprint, eprintln, print};
+use std::{env, eprint, print};
 
 impl<ID: 'static> Opts<ID> {
   /// Wrapper around [Opts::parse] that gathers arguments from the command line and prints errors to stderr.
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ impl<ID: 'static> Opts<ID> {
   pub fn parse_easy<'a>(&self, handler: impl FnMut(&str, &ID, &Opt<ID>, &str, &str) -> HandlerResult<'a, ParseControl>
   ) -> ParseResult {
     let (program_name, argv) = Self::easy_args();
-    self.parse(&program_name, argv, handler, |name, e| self.easy_error(name, e))
+    self.parse(&program_name, argv, handler,
+      |name, e| self.eprint_usage::<StandardErrorUsageWriter<'_, ID>>(name, e))
   }
 
   /// Prints full help text for the options using the standard full.
@@ -45,21 +46,20 @@ impl<ID: 'static> Opts<ID> {
     eprint!("{}", W::new(ctx));
   }
 
-  fn easy_args<'a>() -> (Rc<str>, env::Args) {
+  /// Print error & usage text to stderr using the provided error & usage writer.
+  ///
+  /// Requires `features = ["std"]`.
+  pub fn eprint_usage<'a, W: ErrorUsageWriter<'a, ID>>(&'a self, program_name: &'a str, error: ParseError<'a>) {
+    let ctx = ErrorUsageWriterContext { options: self, program_name, error };
+    eprint!("{}", W::new(ctx));
+  }
+
+  fn easy_args() -> (Rc<str>, env::Args) {
     let mut argv = env::args();
     let argv0 = argv.next().unwrap();
     let program_name = Path::new(&argv0).file_name().unwrap().to_string_lossy();
     (program_name.into(), argv)
   }
-
-  fn easy_error(&self, program_name: &str, err: ParseError) {
-    eprintln!("{program_name}: {err}");
-    self.eprint_help::<StandardShortUsageWriter<'_, ID>>(program_name);
-    if let Some(help_option) = self.help_option() {
-      eprintln!("Run '{program_name} {help}' to view all available options.",
-        help = help_option.first_long_name().unwrap_or(help_option.first_name()));
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 impl Opts<&'static str> {
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ impl Opts<&'static str> {
     let (program_name, argv) = Self::easy_args();
     self.parse_map(&program_name, argv,
       |name| self.print_full_help(name),
-      |name, e| self.easy_error(name, e))
+      |name, e| self.eprint_usage::<StandardErrorUsageWriter<'_, &'static str>>(name, e))
   }
 }