diff --git a/base/exports.jl b/base/exports.jl
index 704e4ff233e88..a611b06efac88 100644
--- a/base/exports.jl
+++ b/base/exports.jl
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ export
     TypeError,
     AssertionError,
     UnicodeError,
+    DNSError,
 
 # Global constants and variables
     ARGS,
diff --git a/base/socket.jl b/base/socket.jl
index 31ad5481554ea..436ff70fd4137 100644
--- a/base/socket.jl
+++ b/base/socket.jl
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ function uv_getaddrinfocb(req::Ptr{Void}, status::Cint, addrinfo::Ptr{Void})
     cb = unsafe_pointer_to_objref(data)::Function
     pop!(callback_dict,cb) # using pop forces an error if cb not in callback_dict
     if status != 0 || addrinfo == C_NULL
-        cb(UVError("uv_getaddrinfodb received an unexpected status code", status))
+        cb(UVError("uv_getaddrinfocb received an unexpected status code", status))
     else
         freeaddrinfo = addrinfo
         while addrinfo != C_NULL